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Genesis 2
Note - the chapters and verses in the Bible are not original breaks and often do not align with the natural breaks in the text. The first section of Genesis actually spans from Gen 1:1 to Gen 2:4. This second section begins in Gen 2:5
Geographical Location
hedeqel and perat are direct transliterations of the Akkadian words “Idiqlat”, and “Purattu”, the names of the rivers we now call the Tigris and Euphrates. The fact that the Hebrew words are based on the Akkadian rather than the Sumerian or Babylonian spellings allows the dating of the book of Genesis as contemporary to the Akkadian period, no earlier than about 4500 years before present.
Kush (aka Cush) is mentioned, possibly referring to Kussara, an ancient Hittite city located in what is now central Turkiye, north of Syria.