Kejadian 2:13

2:13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through ¹  the entire land of Cush. ² 

Kejadian 28:19

28:19 He called that place Bethel, ³  although the former name of the town was Luz.

[2:13]  ¹ tn Heb “it is that which goes around.”

[2:13]  ² sn Cush. In the Bible the Hebrew word כּוּשׁ (kush, “Kush”) often refers to Ethiopia (so KJV, CEV), but here it must refer to a region in Mesopotamia, the area of the later Cassite dynasty of Babylon. See Gen 10:8 as well as E. A. Speiser, Genesis (AB), 20.

[28:19]  ³ tn The name Bethel means “house of God” in Hebrew (see v. 17).

[28:19]  map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.