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Genesis 2:11
Genesis 2:11 is verse 11 of Genesis chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
King James Version
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
World English Bible
The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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Genesis 2:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
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:
11 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.