Genesis 2:14

Gen 2:14 And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel: that [is] it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is] Euphrates.

Ver. 14. Hiddekel. ] Or Tigris, which hath its name from the swiftness of the stream: Tigris in the Median tongue signifieth an arrow , saith Curtius, which flieth very swiftly. The tiger also is the swiftest of all beasts. Hiddekel signifieth sharp, swift. Contrariwise, Nile floweth gently, Lene fluit Nilus saith Claudian; so do the waters of Shiloah, Isa 8:6 creeping and crooking" slowly" and slily, called therefore, as some think, "the dragon well". Neh 2:13 And of the river Araris (probably Saone) in Germany, Caesar said, a whether it move forward, or backward, who can tell?

a Oculis in utram partem fluat, iudicari non potest . - De Bel. Gal., l. i.