Genesis 2:11 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 2:11

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

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ASV

The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

WEB

The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

YLT

the name of the one is Pison, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of the Havilah where the gold is ,

DBT

The name of the one is Pison: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Havilah, where the gold is.

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Genesis — 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)

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Creation to New CreationRiver flowing out of Eden — the ancestor of Rev 22:1.

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Genesis 25:18
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
Genesis 10:29
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
Genesis 10:7
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
Ezekiel 28:13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

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Adam's work was so far from being an allay that it was an addition to the pleasures of paradise; he could not have been happy if he had been idle: it is still a law, He that will not work has no right to eat, 2 Thess. iii. The command which God gave to man in innocency, and the covenant he then took him into.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Observe, That which God plants he will take care to keep watered. The trees of righteousness are set by the rivers, Ps. i. In the heavenly paradise there is a river infinitely surpassing these; for it is a river of the water of life, not coming out of Eden, as this, but proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb ( Rev. xxii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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First Occurrence Strong's H2091
'gold' (zahav) first occurs Gen 2:11 in Eden's river land; tabernacle/temple/New-Jerusalem gold thread.
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H23417× in canon H5437161× in canon H2091389× in canon

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