Genesis 2

Genesis 2:8

Eden] A Region in Mesopotamia or Chaldea, Acts VII. 2, compared with Gen. XI. 31. It signifies Delicacy or Delight, Psal. XXXVI. 8. Esay XLVII. 8. In the Eastern part whereof, and not onely Eastward from Jurie was this Garden planted. See Esay XXXVII. 12. Ezek. XXVII. 23.

Genesis 2:13

Ethiopia] Heb. Cush, Called so from the sonne of Cham, or Ham, ch. X. 6. 1 Chron. I. 8, 10. The Ethiopians or Cushites seeme first to inhabite some parts of Arabia, on the North-side of the Red Sea: And after to settle themselves on the South-side of it, and South of Egypt; whence we read in Authors of the Asian and African Ethiopians. And in Scripture we reade of Zerah their King, who came out against Asa, with the hughest hoast that Gods Word doth mention, 2 Chron.

XIV. 9. And of Tirhakah that came forth against Sennacherib, Esay XXXVII. 9. Of Candace the Queen, Acts VIII. 27. Of those two great and good Eunuchs, Proselytes; the one Jeremies deliverer, Jer. XXXVIII. and the other baptized by Philip, Acts VIII. 27,—39. And of Zipporah the wife of Moses Num.

XII. The Ethiopians were kinsmen and allies to the Egyptians; coming both of Cham; near neighbours and confederates, Esay XVIII. 1. and XX. 4. Jer. XIII. 23. and XLVI. 9. Ezek. XXX. 9.

See more in the Annotations on Jer. XIII. 23.

Genesis 2:16

A Tree is mentioned, and the Fruit of it. And so, v. 17. and ch. III. 1, 2, 3, 6. But the Apple-tree, or what kinde of Tree, is not specified.