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Genesis 2:11

Havilah (of Eden)Pison

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:

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.

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BSB
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
KJV
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
WEB
The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through 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;
DARBY
The name of the one is Pison: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Havilah, where the gold is.
BLB
The name of the one [is] Pishon; it [is] the one winding [through] the whole land of the Havilah, where there [is] the gold.
ÅB
Den første heter Pison; det er den som løper omkring hele landet Havila, der hvor det er gull.
OTB
Navnet på den første er Pishon; den slynger seg gjennom hele landet Havilah, hvor det er gull.
B1930
Den første heter Pison; det er den som løper omkring hele landet Havila, der hvor det er gull.

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