Genesis 2:11

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.

12and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:29and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is in front of Egypt.

Job 28:1For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

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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