World English Bible
Genesis 2:11
“The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;”
Verse in context — Genesis 2
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Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.
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The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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and the gold of that land is good. There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone.
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The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
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