Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 2:13

13. And the name of the second River is Gihon : The same is it that compasseth the whole Land of Ethiopia .

Not that River in the Land of Israel so called, 1 King. 1. 33. 2 Chron. 32. 30. But another of the same name, which in Hebrew signifies, the branch of a greater River: Here it is a branch either of Euphrates, as most think, or of Tigris, as some late Writers conceive.

Not that Countrey in Africa above Aegypt, commonly so called, but either Arabia, which in Scripture is frequently called Cush or Ethiopia. Of which see the notes upon 2 King: 19. 9. Iob 28. 19. Ezek. 29. 10. and 30. 8, 9. Hab. 3. 7. or rather a Countrey adjoyning to India, and Persia, with which Cush is joyned, Ezek. 38. 5. See also Esa. 11. 11. and Ezek. 27. 10. And about which place the Ethiopians are seated by Herod. l. 7. Homer, He[illegible: 1+ letters]iod, and others. Of which see my Latin Synopsis.

Marginal references: C[illegible: 1+ letters]sh.