Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
KJV
Nomen uni Phison : ipse est qui circuit omnem terram Hevilath, ubi nascitur aurum :
Vulgate
ὄνομα τῷ ἑνὶ Φεισών· οὗτος ὁ κυκλῶν πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Εὑειλάτ, ἐκεῖ οὗ ἐστιν τὸ χρυσίον·
LXX
The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
ASV
שֵׁ֥ם הָֽ/אֶחָ֖ד פִּישׁ֑וֹן ה֣וּא הַ/סֹּבֵ֗ב אֵ֚ת כָּל אֶ֣רֶץ הַֽ/חֲוִילָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר שָׁ֖ם הַ/זָּהָֽב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
חֲוִילָ֔ה
chvylh
proper_noun · 7×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נִי
ny
verb · 158×
פִּישׁ֑וֹן
pyshvn
proper_noun · 1×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Analysis of the Biblical Account of Creation Last Wednesday we began this series of reflections on the reply Christ gave to his questioners on the subject of the unity and indissolubility of marriage. As we recall, the Pharisees who questioned him appealed to the Mosaic Law. However, Christ went back to the "beginning," quoting the words of Genesis. The "beginning" in this ca…
The four rivers flowing from Eden represent the four cardinal virtues: prudence, temperance, courage, and justice. The river that divides into four streams is generic Virtue (arete), which is one in essence but manifests in these four particular forms. Philo uses this allegory to argue that Moses anticipated the best insights of Greek philosophy, since Plato himself taught thes…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 15:7 — And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
- 1Sam 15:7 — And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
- Ezek 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,
- Gen 10:7 — And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
- Gen 10:29 — And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 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.