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Genesis 2:11

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

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  1. Genesis 2:9

    And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

  2. Genesis 2:10

    And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

  3. Genesis 2:12

    And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

  4. Genesis 2:13

    And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

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