Genesis 2:11
The name of the one, Phisom, this it is which encircles the whole land of Evilat, where there is gold.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
10And a river proceeds out of Edem to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads.
12And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald.
Cross References
Genesis 10:29and Uphir, and Evila, and Jobab, all these were the sons of Jektan.
1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote Amalec from Evilat to Sur fronting Egypt.
Job 28:1For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, and a place for the gold, whence it is refined.
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 →