And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWEB
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
ASV
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
YLT
And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief rivers ;
DBT
And a river went out of Eden, to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four main streams.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)