Genesis 2:11

The name of ye first is Pison, the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Hauilah, where there is golde:

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In The King James Version

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

In Context

10And out of Eden there went foorth a flood to water the garden, and from thence it was deuided, and became into foure heades.

12And the golde of the lande is very good. There is also Bdellium, and the Onix stone.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:29And Ophir, and Hauilah, and Iobab, all these were the chyldren of Iactan.

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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