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Genesis 2:11

Havilah (of Eden)Pison

9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

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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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