 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.  The North British review - Page 4431851Full view - About this book
 | 1841 - 612 pages
...been in the neighbourhood of those rivers. ' The name of the first of these rivers,' says Moses, ' is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land...there is gold ; and the gold of that land is good : thero is bdellium and the onyx stone.' The position of Havilah, the country washed by the first of... | |
 | 1840 - 450 pages
...It would seem to have been watered by four rivers, at least four rivers from it had their rise.—" The name of the first is Pison; that is it which compasseth...whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. And the name of the second river is Gihon ; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. And... | |
 | Richard Hartley Kennedy - 1840 - 338 pages
...points need be mentioned as worthy of special notice. The book of Genesis describes the river Pison as " it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good : " if we seek the Pison in the Oxus, that river and its tributary streams are not changed, and still... | |
 | Richard Hartley Kennedy - 1840 - 642 pages
...points need be mentioned as worthy of special notice. The book of Genesis describes the river Pison as " it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good : " if we seek the Pison in the Oxus, that river and its tributary streams are not changed, and still... | |
 | William Sidney Gibson - 1840 - 328 pages
...he says, " a river went forth out of Eden, 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," &c.* And the olive leaf plucked off by the dove of Noah, is a familiar, but tolerably decisive instance,... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1840 - 626 pages
...variety of the earth's productions in this kind. For speaking of the land of Havilah, where, saith he, " there is gold, and the gold of that land is good ; there is bdellium, and the onyx-stone :"f see here how the Holy Spirit points at those places where God hath scattered such treasure,... | |
 | Francis Blessington - 2004 - 161 pages
...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... | |
 | Jacob Pandian, Susan Parman - 2004 - 358 pages
...into four heads. The name of the first is Pison; and is that which compasseth the whole land of the 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 of Ethiopia. And... | |
 | John Davidson - 2004 - 274 pages
...divided, and became four rivers. The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one that encompasses the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good: bdellium and the onyx stone are there. And the name of the second river is Gihon: this is the one that... | |
 | Earl Roy Miner, William Moeck, Steven Edward Jablonski - 2004 - 520 pages
...pearls is authorized by the account of rivers in Genesis 2.11-12, "The name of the first is Pisón: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; And the gold ofthat land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone." Bdellium was thought to be a kind of pearl.... | |
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