Genesis 2:14

“The name of the third river is Hiddekel, etc.] A river which ran by Shushan in Persia, and retained its name in the times of Daniel, (<271004>Daniel 10:4) where it is called the great river; and it seems it bears the same name now among the Persians; at least it did an hundred and fifty years ago, when Rauwolff f163 travelled in those parts. The Targum of Jonathan here calls it Diglath, the same with the Diglito of Pliny f164; and according to him it is called Tigris, from its swiftness, either from the tiger, a swift creature, or from arg, “to dart”, in the Chaldee language; and so Curtius f165 says, that in the Persian language they call a dart “tigris”: and with this agrees the word…”

“- XI. The Garden 8. גן gan “garden, park,” παράδεισος paradeisos, “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן ‛ēden “Eden, delight.” קדם qedem “fore-place, east; foretime.” 11. פישׁון pı̂yshôn Pishon; related: “flow over, spread, leap.” חוילה chăvı̂ylâh Chavilah. חול chôl “sand.” חבל chebel “region.” 12. בדלם bedolam, ἄνθραξ anthrax, “carbuncle,” (Septuagint) Βδέλλιον bdellion, a gum of eastern countries, Arabia, India, Media (Josephus, etc.). The pearl (Kimchi). שׁהם sohām πράσινος prasinos, “leeklike,” perhaps the beryl (Septuagint), ὄνυξ onux, “onyx, sardonyx,” a precious stone of the color of the nail (Jerome). 13. גיחון gı̂ychôn Gichon; related: “break forth.” כוּשׁ kûsh Kush; r.…”

“2:14 Tigris . . . Euphrates: These well-known rivers flow from the mountains of eastern Turkey.”

“Hiddekel: Dan 10:4, The Tigris toward the east of: or, eastward to, Gen 10:11, Gen 10:22, Gen 25:18 Euphrates: Gen 15:18; Deu 1:7, Deu 11:24; Rev 9:14 Genesis 2:15”