Genesis 2:14
Context2:14 The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. 1 The fourth river is the Euphrates.
Genesis 15:18
Context15:18 That day the Lord made a covenant 2 with Abram: “To your descendants I give 3 this land, from the river of Egypt 4 to the great river, the Euphrates River –
1 tn Heb “Asshur” (so NEB, NIV).
2 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”
3 tn The perfect verbal form is understood as instantaneous (“I here and now give”). Another option is to understand it as rhetorical, indicating certitude (“I have given” meaning it is as good as done, i.e., “I will surely give”).
sn To your descendants I give this land. The
4 sn The river of Egypt is a wadi (a seasonal stream) on the northeastern border of Egypt, not to the River Nile.