Genesis 2:10

And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.

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In The King James Version

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

In Context

9And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

11The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.

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Cross References

Revelation 22:1And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:9-16

The Garden of Eden. ( b. c. 4004.) 8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the… Read the whole commentary →

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