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Genesis 2:11 KJV
Genesis · chapter 2 · verse 11
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;Genesis 2:11 · King James Version
Genesis 2:11 in context
9And 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.
10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- compassethçâbabto revolve, surround, or borderH5437 →
- HavilahChăvîylâhChavilah, the name of two or three eastern regionsH2341 →
- firstʼechâdproperly, unitedH259 →
- PisonPîyshôwnPishon, a river of EdenH6376 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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Man consisting of body and soul, a body made out of the earth and a rational immortal soul the breath of heaven, we have, in these verses, the provision that was made for the happiness of both; he that made him took care to make him happy, if he could but have kept himself so and known when he was well off.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-15