Genesis 2:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.”
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“The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;”
King James Version · Public Domain“The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“the name of the one <FI>is<Fi> Pison, it <FI>is<Fi> that which is surrounding the whole land of the Havilah where the gold <FI>is<Fi> ,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 2:11 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 10:7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
- Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
- Genesis 25:18Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
- 1 Samuel 15:7Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
- 1 Chronicles 1:23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
- Job 28:1“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
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