Genesis 2:12
And 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
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
In Context
13And the shem of the second nahar is Gichon; the same is it that winds through kol eretz Kush.
Cross References
Exodus 28:20And the fourth row tarshish, shoham, and yashfeh; they shall be set in zahav in their settings.
Numbers 11:7And the manna was like coriander seed, and the color thereof like the color of white gum resin.
Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast been in Eden, Gan Elohim; 1 every even yekarah (precious stone) was thy covering, 1 the ruby, topaz, and the diamond, 1 the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, 1 the sapphire, the turquoise, and the emerald, and zahav; 1 the workmanship of thy hand drums and of thy wind instruments 1 was prepared in thee 1 in the day that thou wast created. 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 →