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Eden... The description of Eden is found in (Genesis 2:8-14) In the eastern portion of the region of Eden was the garden planted. The Hiddekel, one of its rivers, is the modern Tigris; the Euphrates is the same as the modern Euphrates. With regard to the Pison and Gihon a great variety of opinion exists, but the best authorities are divided between (1) Eden as in northeast Arabia, at the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris, and their separation again, making the four rivers of the different channels of these two, or (2), and most probably, Eden as situated in Armenia, near the origin of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, and in which same region rise the Araxes (Pison of Genesis) and the Oxus (Gihon).
Euphrates is probably a word of Aryan origin, signifying "the good and abounding river. " It is most frequently denoted in the Bible by the term "the river." The Euphrates is the largest, the longest and by far the most important of the rivers of western Asia. It rises from two chief sources in the Armenian mountains, and flows into the Persian Gulf. The entire course is 1780 miles, and of this distance more than two-thirds (1200 miles) is navigable for boats. The width of the river is greatest at the distance of 700 or 800 miles from its mouth -- that is to say, from it junction with the Khabour to the village of Werai. It there averages 400 yards. The annual inundation of the Euphrates is caused by the melting of the snows in the Armenian highlands. It occurs in the month of May. The great hydraulic works ascribed to Nebuchadnezzar had for their chief object to control the inundation. The Euphrates is first mentioned in Scripture as one of the four rivers of Eden. (Genesis 2:14) We next hear of it in the covenant made with Abraham. (Genesis 15:18) During the reigns of David and Solomon it formed the boundary of the promised land to the northeast. (11:24; Joshua 1:4) Prophetical reference to the Euphrates is found in (Jeremiah 13:4-7; 46:2-10; 51:63; Revelation 9:14; 16:12) "The Euphrates is linked with the most important events in ancient history. On its banks stood the city of Babylon; the army of Necho was defeated on its banks by Nebuchadnezzar; Cyrus the Younger and Crassus perished after crossing it; Alexander crossed it, and Trajan and Severus descended it." -- Appleton's Cyc.
Euphrates; the river, s. interior reasonings, whereby those who are in the doctrine of justification by faith alone confirm themselves. A.R. 444. The all of the church as to good, and also as to evil. A.E. 410. The interiors of man's mind, which are called rationals. A. R. 444. A.C. 118. Rational things bordering upon, or bounding the spiritual things of the church. A.R. 444. E. in a bad sense, s. reasons full of falses, and thence insanities. A. R. 444. E. (Ps lxxx 9,10) s. the sensual and scientific principle. 120
EUPHRATES (river). Divine Science encompassing the universe and man; the true idea of God; a type of the glory which is to come; metaphysics taking the place of physics; the reign of righteousness.
14 ...And the fourth river is the Euphrates. (NRSV)
Considering Mrs. Eddy's glossary definition of Euphrates, the following descriptions in Smith's Bible Dictionary (cited above) may be significant:
Euphrates is probably a word of Aryan origin, signifying "the good and abounding river." ... The Euphrates is the largest, the longest and by far the most important of the rivers of western Asia... Prophetical reference to the Euphrates is found in (Jeremiah 13:4-7; 46:2-10; 51:63; Revelation 9:14; 16:12) "The Euphrates is linked with the most important events in ancient history..." -- Appleton's Cyc
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Eden... The description of Eden is found in (Genesis 2:8-14) In the eastern portion of the region of Eden was the garden planted. The Hiddekel, one of its rivers, is the modern Tigris; the Euphrates is the same as the modern Euphrates. With regard to the Pison and Gihon a great variety of opinion exists, but the best authorities are divided between (1) Eden as in northeast Arabia, at the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris, and their separation again, making the four rivers of the different channels of these two, or (2), and most probably, Eden as situated in Armenia, near the origin of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, and in which same region rise the Araxes (Pison of Genesis) and the Oxus (Gihon).
Gihon (a stream)
- The second river of Paradise. (Genesis 2:13)
A place near Jerusalem, memorable as the scene of the anointing and proclamation of Solomon as king. (1 Kings 1:33,38,45)
Cush. The name of a son of Ham, apparently the eldest, and of a territory or territories occupied by his descendants. The Cushites appear to have spread along tracts extending from the higher Nile to the Euphrates and Tigris. History affords many traces of this relation of Babylonia, Arabia and Ethiopia.
Gihon, the river (Gen. ii 13), s. the knowledge of all things relating to goodness and truth. 116.
GIHON (river). The rights of woman acknowledged morally, civilly, and socially.
13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Cush. (NRSV)
Considering Mrs. Eddy's glossary definition of Gihon, it may be significant that the Candace, a title meaning "queen" or "queen mother," ruled or had ruled biblical Ethiopia, which is modern Sudan, which is associated with Cush, around which the Gihon River was said to flow. According to Act 8:26-40, her treasury minister, a eunuch, was converted to Christianity and baptized by Philip.
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Eden... The description of Eden is found in (Genesis 2:8-14) In the eastern portion of the region of Eden was the garden planted. The Hiddekel, one of its rivers, is the modern Tigris; the Euphrates is the same as the modern Euphrates. With regard to the Pison and Gihon a great variety of opinion exists, but the best authorities are divided between (1) Eden as in northeast Arabia, at the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris, and their separation again, making the four rivers of the different channels of these two, or (2), and most probably, Eden as situated in Armenia, near the origin of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, and in which same region rise the Araxes (Pison of Genesis) and the Oxus (Gihon).
Hiddekel. Hiddekel (rapid), one of the rivers of Eden, the river which "goeth eastward to Assyria," (Genesis 2:14) and which Daniel calls "the great river," (Daniel 10:4) seems to have been rightly identified by the LXX. with the Tigris. Dekel is clearly an equivalent of Digla or Dighath, a name borne by the Tigris in all ages. The name now in use among the inhabitants of Mesopotamia is Dijleh.
Tigris is used by the LXX [Septuagint]. as the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew Hiddekel, and occurs also in several of the apocryphal books, as in Tobit, ch. 6:1, Judith, ch. 1:6, and Ecclesiasticus, ch. 24:25. The Tigris, like the Euphrates, rises from two principal sources in the Armenian mountains, and flows into the Euphrates. Its length, exclusive of windings, is reckoned at 1146 miles. It receives, along its middle and lower course no fewer than five important tributaries. These are the river of Zakko or eastern Khabour, the Great Zab (Zab Ala), the Lesser Zab (Zab Asfal), the Adhem, and the Diyaleh or ancient Gyndes. All these rivers flow from the high range of Zagros. We find but little mention of the Tigris in Scripture. It appears, indeed, under the name of Hiddekel, among the rivers of Eden, (Genesis 2:14) and is there correctly described as "running eastward to Assyria;" but after this we hear no more of it, if we accept one doubtful allusion in Nahum (Nahum 2:6) until the captivity, when it becomes well known to the prophet Daniel. With him it is "the Great River." The Tigris, in its upper course, anciently ran through Armenia and Assyria.
Hiddekel, the river (Gen. ii. 14), s. reason, or the clearness and perspicuity of reason. 118
HIDDEKEL (river). Divine Science understood and acknowledged.
14 The name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria... (NRSV)
Considering Mrs. Eddy's glossary definition of Hiddekel, Daniel's visionary description of the Hiddekel River as "the great river" (Dan 10:4) may be significant.
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* Notes on some verses that Mrs. Eddy attributes to Paul that many scholars today do not believe to have been spoken or written by Paul
Eden... The description of Eden is found in (Genesis 2:8-14) In the eastern portion of the region of Eden was the garden planted. The Hiddekel, one of its rivers, is the modern Tigris; the Euphrates is the same as the modern Euphrates. With regard to the Pison and Gihon a great variety of opinion exists, but the best authorities are divided between (1) Eden as in northeast Arabia, at the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris, and their separation again, making the four rivers of the different channels of these two, or (2), and most probably, Eden as situated in Armenia, near the origin of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, and in which same region rise the Araxes (Pison of Genesis) and the Oxus (Gihon).
Havilah (Genesis 2:11).
- A part of Eden through which flowed the river Pison (Araxes). It was probably the Grecian Colchis, in the northeast corner of Asia Minor, near the Caspian Sea.
A district in Arabia Felix, (Genesis 10:7) named from the second son of Cush; probably the district of Kualan, in the northwestern part of Yemen.
Pison, the river (Gen. xi. 15), s. the intelligence of faith originating in love. 110.
PISON (river). The love of the good and beautiful, and their immortality.
11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12 and the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. (NRSV)
Considering Mrs. Eddy's glossary definition of Hiddekel, the Gen 2:11-12 description of the Pison River as flowing around "the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good" may be significant.
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When [in 1498] Florence was threatened with excommunication, Savonarola was thrown into prison and suffered a martyr's death. At the last when told that he was being cut off from the church, he declared, "From the church militant, yes, but not from the church triumphant."
- See also:
- Pul 3:18-20
- My 133:4-8
- My 154:18-27
My 174:25-30
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