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11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it is the one that winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 The gold of that land is good; bdellium and lapis lazuli are also there. 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it is the one that winds all through the land of Cush.(A) 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it is the one that flows east of Asshur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

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11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah,(A) where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin[a](B) and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.[b] 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris;(C) it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:12 Or good; pearls
  2. Genesis 2:13 Possibly southeast Mesopotamia

11 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.

14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

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