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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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

“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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 2:11 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 10:7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
  2. Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
  3. 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.
  4. 1 Samuel 15:7Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
  5. 1 Chronicles 1:23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
  6. Job 28:1“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

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