Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Genesis 2:11 in other translations
| BSB | The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. |
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| WEB | The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; |
| ASV | The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth 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, |
| DARBY | The name of the one is Pison: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Havilah, where the gold is. |
| BBE | The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold. |
| Webster | The name of the first is Pison, which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; |
What does Genesis 2:11 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 2:8-14
The place fixed upon for Adam to dwell in, was not a palace, but a garden. The better we take up with plain things, and the less we seek things to gratify pride and luxury, the nearer we approach to innocency. Nature is content with a little, and that which is most natural; grace with less; but lust craves every thing, and is content with nothing. No delights can be satisfying to the soul, but those which God…
Genesis 2:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 2:11
- 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.
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Context
- Genesis 2:10
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
- Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
- Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Genesis 2:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El nombre del uno era Pisón: éste es el que cerca toda la tierra de Havilah, donde hay oro: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le nom de la première est Pishon: c’est elle qui entoure tout le pays de Havila, où il y a de l’or. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Name des ersten ist Pison; dieser ist es, der das ganze Land Hawila umfließt, wo das Gold ist; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nomen uni Phison: ipse est qui circuit omnem terram Hevilath, ubi nascitur aurum: |