Bible verse

Genesis 2:11

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

Genesis 2:11 · BSB

Genesis 2:11 in context

The verses around it, from Genesis 2.

7 Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

9 Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

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

12 And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

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Genesis 2:11 in other translations

KJV

The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth 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;

ERV

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

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