Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 2:12
12Gold from that land is pure; bdellium and onyx are also there.
Genesis 2:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
- New International Version (NIV)(The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.)
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there.
Context of Genesis 2:12
10A river went out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the source of four rivers. 11The name of the first is Pishon, which flows through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. Gold from that land is pure; bdellium and onyx are also there. 13The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows through the entire land of Cush. 14The name of the third river is Tigris, which runs east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
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וּֽזֲהַ֛ב הָאָ֥רֶץ הַהִ֖וא ט֑וֹב שָׁ֥ם הַבְּדֹ֖לַח וְאֶ֥בֶן הַשֹּֽׁהַם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 2:12
- Numbers 11:7The manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium.
- Exodus 28:20and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They should be adorned with gold filigree in their settings.
- Exodus 39:13and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were surrounded with gold filigree in their settings.
- Job 28:16Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
- Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone covered you: carnelian, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold; they were prepared on the day you were created.
Commentaries on Genesis 2:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12There is bdellium (בדלח bedolach ) and the onyx stone, השהם אבן eben hashshoham - Bochart thinks that the bedolach or bdellium means the pearl-oyster; and shoham is generally understood to mean the onyx, or species of agate, a precious stone which has its name from a man's nail, to the color of which it nearly approaches. It is impossible to say what is the precise meaning of the original words; and at this distance of time and place it is of little…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 - XI. The Garden 8. גן gan “garden, park,” ́ paradeisos “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן ‛ēden “Eden, delight.” קדם qedem “fore-place, east; foretime.” 11. פישׁון pı̂yshôn Pishon; related: “flow over, spread, leap.” חוילה chăvı̂ylâh Chavilah. חול chôl “sand.” חבל chebel “region.” 12. בדלם bedolam ̓́ anthrax “carbuncle,” (Septuagint) ́ bdellion a gum of eastern countries, Arabia, India, Media (Josephus, etc.). The pearl (Kimchi). שׁהם…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 The place fixed upon for Adam to dwell in, was not a palace, but a garden. The better we take up with plain things, and the less we seek things to gratify pride and luxury, the nearer we approach to innocency. Nature is content with a little, and that which is most natural; grace with less; but lust craves every thing, and is content with nothing. No delights can be satisfying to the soul, but those which God himself has provided and appointed…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The garden's beauty and richness spread to nearby areas through its rivers. The four rivers might suggest the garden's bounty reached all parts of the world. The Israelites later used gold and onyx to decorate the tabernacle, the temple (Exodus 25:3–9; 1 Chronicles 29:2), and the priests' clothing (Exodus 28:9–14, 20). The people used bdellium (a fragrant resin) in sacred incense (Exodus 30:34).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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