A river flows from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides, becoming four branches.

The name of the second river is Gihon it winds through the entire land of Cush.

The third river is named the Tigris it flows to the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

That very day the LORD made this covenant with Abram: "I'm giving this land to your descendants, from the river of Egypt to the great Euphrates River

Jacob fled, taking everything that he owned. He got up, crossed the river, and headed to the hill country of Gilead.

I'm unworthy of all your gracious love, your faithfulness, and everything that you've done for your servant. When I first crossed over this river, I had only my staff. But now I've become two groups.

Later that night, he woke up, quickly took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven children, and forded the river at Jabbok.

He took them across the river, along with all his possessions.

After Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth by the river ruled in his place.

Two years later to the day Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River,

Right after that, seven more cows came up out of the Nile. Ugly and gaunt, they stood next to the other cows on the bank of the Nile River.

So Pharaoh told Joseph, "In my dream, I was standing on the bank of the Nile River,

But you're as undisciplined as a roaring river, so eventually you won't succeed, because you got in your father's bed, defiled it, and then approached my couch."

When they arrived at Atad's threshing floor, which is located beyond the Jordan River, they held a great and mournful memorial service, during which Joseph spent seven days mourning for his father.

As soon as the Canaanites who lived in the land observed the mourning going on at Atad's threshing floor, they commented "This is a significant time of mourning for the Egyptians." That's why the place, which is located beyond the Jordan River, became known as Abel-mizraim.