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Genesis 2:12 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. "
Genesis 2:12
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
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"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."
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"But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground."
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