Genesis 2:12

and the gold of that land is the finest. In that place is found bdellium and the onyx stone.

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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 one is the Phison; it is that which runs through all the land of Hevilath, where gold is born;

13And the name of the second river is the Gehon; it is that which runs through all the land of Ethiopia.

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Cross References

Exodus 28:20In the fourth, there shall be a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl. They shall be set in gold by their rows.

Numbers 11:7Now the manna was like coriander seed, but with the color of bdellium.

Ezekiel 28:13You were with the delights of the Paradise of God. Every precious stone was your covering: sardius, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, and onyx, and beryl, sapphire, and garnet, and emerald. The work of your beauty was of gold, and your fissures were ready in the day when you were formed.

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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