The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Parallel translations
- KJV The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
- BSB The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
- ESV The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
- NKJV The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
- NASB The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
- NLT The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Gen 25:18They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
- 1 Sam 15:7Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
- Gen 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- Gen 10:7The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.
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