King James Version
Genesis 2:12 in the King James Version says “And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.”
Genesis 2:12 · KJV
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. Ethiopia: Heb. Cush
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. toward: or, eastward to Assyria
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“And the gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“of that”
H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“is good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“there is bdellium”
H916something in pieces, i.e., bdellium, a (fragrant) gum (perhaps amber); others a pearl
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