Genesis 2:11

Genesis 2:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
• New International Version (NIV)The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Context of Genesis 2:11

9The Lord God made all the trees grow out of the ground. These trees were nice to look at, and their fruit was good to eat. The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil grew in the middle of the garden. 10A river flowed from Eden to water the garden. Outside the garden it divided into four rivers. The name of the first river is Pishon. This is the one that winds throughout Havilah, where there is gold. 12(The gold of that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx are also ⌞found⌟ there.) 13The name of the second river is Gihon. This is the one that winds throughout Sudan.

Genesis 2:11 word by word

שֵׁ֥ם הָֽאֶחָ֖ד פִּישׁ֑וֹן ה֣וּא הַסֹּבֵ֗ב אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֖ם הַזָּהָֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of the firstאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• Pisonפִּישׁוֹןpîyshôn · PishonH6376
• thatהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• it which compassethסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• the whole landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Havilahחֲוִילָהchăvîylâh · HavilahH2341
• whereאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091

Cross-references for Genesis 2:11

• Genesis 10:7Cush’s descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah’s descendants were Sheba and Dedan.
• Genesis 25:18His descendants lived as nomads from the region of Havilah to Shur, which is near Egypt, in the direction of Assyria. They all fought with each other.
• 1 Samuel 15:7Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt.

Commentaries on Genesis 2:11

• 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. 11The Pishon and the Gihon (2:13) cannot be identified with certainty. If the land of Havilah was in southeast Arabia or on the African coast, as some biblical data suggest (see 10:7; 25:18; 1 Samuel 15:7), then the Pishon was possibly the Nile River. The Jewish historian Josephus thought that Havilah and the Pishon were in India (Antiquities 1.1.3). Two other ideas suggest the Pishon and Gihon might be: rivers in the mountains of eastern Turkey, where the…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 2:11

• Eden
• God
• Gold
• Havilah
• Pison

In the dictionaries

• Adam
• Alone
• Bdellium
• Bless
• Breathe
• Cleave
• Close
• Deep
• Dress
• Eden

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