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Genesis 2:10-14

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

10. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11. The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold; 12. And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone. 13. And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the same [is] it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 14. 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.

Genesis 2:10-14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 2:10

Theological / Devotional

A river. Much scholarly effort has been put forth in an endeavor to clarify vs. 10-14, but a satisfactory explanation will probably never be found, because the surface of the earth after the Flood bore little resemblance to what it had been before. A catastrophe of such magnitude as to elevate lofty mountain ranges and to form the vast areas of ocean could hardly have left such lesser surface features as rivers untouched. We therefore cannot hope to identify antediluvian geographical terms with present-day surface features of the earth, except as Inspiration may do so for us (see PP 105-108).

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