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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 2, Verse 11

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And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
King James Version
The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold;
American Standard Version
The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
New English Translation
The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
World English Bible
The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone.
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And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the same [is] it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
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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.
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And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
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But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
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And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.
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And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
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And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;