Genesis 2:11

The name of the one is Phison he it is that compasseth all the lande of heuila where gold groweth.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 there spronge a rever out of Eden to water the garden and thence devided it selfe and grewe in to foure principall waters.

12And the gold of that contre ys precious there is found bedellion and a stone called Onix.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:29Ophir Heuila and Iobab. All these are the sonnes of Iaketan.

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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