New Living Translation
Genesis 2:12
12The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found 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 flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches. 11The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found. The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there. 13The second branch, called the Gihon, flowed around the entire land of Cush. 14The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.
Read all of Genesis 2Genesis 2:12 word by word
וּֽזֲהַ֛ב הָאָ֥רֶץ הַהִ֖וא ט֑וֹב שָׁ֥ם הַבְּדֹ֖לַח וְאֶ֥בֶן הַשֹּֽׁהַם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Genesis 2:12
- Numbers 11:7The manna looked like small coriander seeds, and it was pale yellow like gum resin.
- Exodus 28:20The fourth row will contain a blue-green beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All these stones will be set in gold filigree.
- Exodus 39:13The fourth row contained a blue-green beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All these stones were set in gold filigree.
- Job 28:16It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir, greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
- Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone— red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone, blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper, blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald— all beautifully crafted for you and set in the finest gold. They were given to you 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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