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Rivers & Seas

Euphrates

A major river named in Eden's river system, in the covenant boundary promised to Abram, and as the eastern frontier of the land promised in Exodus 23.

Category

Rivers & Seas

First mention

Genesis 2:14

Tags

3

Genesis 2, 15, 31Exodus 23River

Scripture references

  • Genesis 2:14

    The fourth river is the Euphrates.

  • Genesis 15:18

    from the River of Egypt to the Great River, the River Euphrates,

  • Genesis 31:21

    Thus he got away with all he had. He was soon across the River and heading for Mount Gilead.

  • Exodus 23:31

    And your frontiers I shall fix from the Sea of Reeds to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, for I shall put the inhabitants of the territory at your mercy, and you will drive them out before you.