Genesis 2:10 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Genesis 2:10

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And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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.

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

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

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

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Genesis 2:1

"Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them."

Genesis 2:2

"And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made."

Genesis 2:3

"And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. {created...: Heb. created to make}"

Genesis 2:4

"These {are} the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,"

Genesis 2:5

"And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and {there was} not a man to till the ground."

Genesis 2:6

"But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. {there...: or, a mist which went up from, etc.}"

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