Gihon, encircling the land of Cush
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καὶ ὄνομα τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ δευτέρῳ Γηών· οὗτος ὁ κυκλῶν πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Αἰθιοπίας.
The second river, Γηών/Gihon, encircling Αἰθιοπία — the LXX's regular rendering of Hebrew כּוּשׁ (Cush), the region south of Egypt (Nubia/Sudan), not the later Ethiopia.
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