Genesis

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NASB	Genesis 2:14 The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
AMPLIFIED 2015 2015	Genesis 2:14 The third river is named Hiddekel (Tigris); it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

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Bible Question: Why are all the other 3 rivers flowing from Eden described and Euphrates just named? Was there something obvious about its history we are presumed to know/be familiar with that makes it need none or was it somehow less significant than the other 3? What am I missing?

Bible Answer: xina - I rather doubt that you're "missing anything" in your reading of the rivers of Genesis 2. The descriptions of the rivers and the locations mentioned reflect pre-flood geography, now dramatically altered, making uncertain the locations of some of the places mentioned in the text. The remarkable thing is that the Hiddekel (post-flood Tigris) and the Euphrates still flow, though their course is likely not the same as it was in the days of Eden before Noah's flood. But it underlines in my thought the reminder that the Bible is not a piece of fiction nor an allegorical fantasy trip of some sort, but a real book about real people, places and things, revealed by the very breath of the real and true God of heaven and earth. See 2 Timothy 3:16. In like manner, our faith is not founded on a hunch or a puff of air, but in a real Person -- Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who for us human beings and for our salvation, came down from heaven; and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; he rose from the dead the third day, ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty, and from there He will come to judge the living and the dead. The Christian does not look to myth, philosophy or good works for his salvation, nor follow the teachings of a founder long dead, but to the grace of God through faith in the living Savior, His Son, Jesus Christ. --Hank

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