Genesis 2:11
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
12And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
Cross References
Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
1 Samuel 15:7Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
Job 28:1“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold 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 →