Genesis 2:11 - Easy To Read Version

¹¹ The name of the first river was Pishon. This river flowed around the entire country of Havilah. [11]

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ The first is named Pishon; it is the one flowing around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Common English Bible

¹¹ The name of the first river is the Pishon. It flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ The name of one is the Phison; it is that which runs through all the land of Hevilath, where gold is born;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.

Genesis 2:11 Cross References

Genesis 10:29

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were Joktan’s sons.

Genesis 10:7

Cush’s sons were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtecah.

Genesis 2:12

(There is gold in that country, and that gold is good. There are also Bdellium [12] and Onyx [13] in that country.)

Genesis 2:13

The name of the second river was Gihon. This river flowed around the entire country of Ethiopia. [14]

Genesis 25:18

Ishmael’s descendants [144] camped throughout the desert area. This area went from Havilah to Shur, near Egypt. And it went from Shur all the way to Assyria. Ishmael’s descendants often attacked his brothers’ people. [145]

1 Chronicles 1:23

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these men were Joktan’s sons.)

Job 28:1

“There are mines where people get silver\par and places where people\par melt gold to make it pure.\par

Hosea 11:12

Ephraim surrounded me with false gods.\par The people of Israel turned against me. {\cf2\super [124]} \{And they were destroyed!\}\par But Judah still walks with El. {\cf2\super [125]} \par Judah is true to the holy ones. {\cf2\super [126]} ”\par

1 Samuel 15:7

Saul defeated the Amalekites. He fought them and chased them all the way from Havilah to Shur, at the border of Egypt.