Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
In Context
11The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.
13And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.
Cross References
Exodus 28:20The fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.
Numbers 11:7Now the manna was like a seed of grain, like small clear drops.
Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.
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 →