Genesis 2:11

The name of the first river is Pishon. That river flows through all the land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Translation for Translators

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

10A river flowed from Eden to provide water for the park/garden. Outside of Eden, the river divided into four rivers.

12That gold ◄is very pure/has no impurities in it►. There is also a sweet-smelling gum called bdellium, and valuable stones called onyx.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan.

1 Samuel 15:7Then Saul’s army slaughtered the Amalek people-group, from Havilah town in the east to Shur town in the west. Shur was at the border between Israel and Egypt.

Job 28:1“It is true that there are places where men dig to find silver, and there are places where people refine/purify gold that they have dug.

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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