Genesis 2:11

The name of the first is Pishon, the same which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Leeser Tanakh

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 there it was parted, and became four principal streams.

12And the gold of that land is good; there is the 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 Chavilah until thou comest to Shur, that is before Egypt.

Job 28:1For truly there is a source for the silver, and a place for the gold which men 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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