OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 12

Genesis 2:12

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and the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.

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THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Genesis 2:12 in context

Genesis 2:9–15

9

Out of the ground the LORD God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10

A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.

11

The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

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and the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.

13

The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.

14

The name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

15

The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

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  1. or, aromatic resin

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