Genesis 2:11

The shem of the first is Pishon; that is it which winds through the kol eretz Chavilah, where there is zahav;

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 nahar (river) flowed out of Eden to water the gan (garden); and from there it divided, and became four headwaters.

12And the zahav of that land is tov; there is [the gemstone] bedolach and the even (gemstone) hashoham. + 2:12 this onyx gemstone is used in the construction of the Kohen Gadolʼs Bigdei HaKodesh

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Cross References

Genesis 10:29And Ophir, and Chavilah, and Yovav; all these were the Bnei Yoktan.

1 Samuel 15:7And Sha'ul attacked Amalek from Chavilah until where thou comest to Shur, that is alongside Mitzrayim.

Job 28:1Surely there is a mine for the kesef, 1 and a makom for zahav where they refine it. 1

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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