Genesis 2:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; ”

Genesis 2:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XI. The Garden 8. גן gan “garden, park,” παράδεισος paradeisos , “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן ‛ ēden “Eden, delight.” קדם qedem “fore-place, east; foretime.” 11. פ...
Genesis 2:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land (i) of Havilah, where [there is] gold; (i) Havilah is a country adjoining Persia to the east, and inclining towards the...
Genesis 2:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

J's Story of Creation and Paradise Lost. This story does not belong to P, for it is free from its characteristics in style, vocabulary, and point of view. It is distinguished from P's creation stor...
Genesis 2:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

verses 8-14 Figure of speech Parecbasis. App-6. Pison . the river W. of the Euphrates, called Pallukat in reign of Nabonidos, last king of Babylonia, or the Pallakopas Canal. compasseth. T...
Genesis 2:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Genesis 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; The Pison (overflowing). The name seems to denote a large, mighty river. Compass...
Genesis 2:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paradise and the Fall In this famous passage we possess a wealth of moral and spiritual teaching regarding God and man. The intention of the writer is evidently to give an answer to the question:...
Genesis 2:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE. The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve remained in their original state of innocence for six hours only. Others have supp...
Genesis 2:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE CREATION Genesis 1:1-31 ; Genesis 2:1-25 IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of this earth, or its relation to the sun, moon, and stars, or regarding the order...
Genesis 2:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Man in Eden, Innocence Genesis 2:1-17 The first paragraph belongs to the previous chapter, as is clear from the use of the same term for God- Elohim. God's Rest was not from weariness, or exh...
Genesis 2:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter gives us a fuller account of man. Three distinct movements are chronicled in the brief but comprehensive account. First, "Jehovah God formed man of the dust." The Hebrew word "formed" s...
Genesis 2:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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. The tree of life, ( Genesis 2:9 ) perhaps an emblem, or to...
Genesis 2:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The name of the first is Pison ,.... Not the river Nile in Egypt, as Jarchi, who thinks it is derived from "Pashah", which signifies to increase, expand, and diffuse, as that does at certain times,...
Genesis 2:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold; Ver. 11. Where there is gold. ] Which, though never so much admired and studiously...
Genesis 2:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A river went out of Eden This river, branching itself into four streams, contributed much both to the pleasantness and fertility of the garden. Hiddekel and Euphrates are rivers of Babylon: but...
Genesis 2:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SEVENTH DAY The first three verses here are directly connected with chapter 1. "Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished." The work of the first creation occupie...
Genesis 2:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Garden of Eden. B. C. 4004. 8 And the L ORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden...
Genesis 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Pison, an eminent branch of the river Tigris, probably that called by others Pasi-tigris, or Piso-tigris. That is it which compasseth, i.e. with many windings and turnings passed through; as this...
Genesis 2:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Man's Establishment and Fall ( Genesis 2:4 to Genesis 3:24 ) TABLET II. Genesis 2 and Genesis 3 form a unit distinguished by the fact that God is called Yahweh Elohim (Lord God), a usage rep...
Genesis 2:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 2:14 . East of Assyria] So Ges. and Dav. Lit., “before A.” wh. to a writer in Pal. is = west (Fürst). Genesis 2:17 . Surely die ] Heb. “die, die shalt thou;” as in G...
Genesis 2:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 2:10-14 Attempts have been made to find out what rivers are here spoken of by Moses, and where they are to be found. But the description in Genesis was purposely intended to baffle and def...
Genesis 2:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 2:1-8 . Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his wo...
Genesis 2:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:1 . By host is meant, not the angels, as some have thought, but the starry heavens. Psalms 33:6 . Genesis 2:2 . On the seventh day God ended his work. The Samaritan Pentateuch reads...
Genesis 2:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden The garden of Eden I. IN THIS GARDEN PROVISION WAS MADE FOR THE HAPPINESS OF MAN. 1. The garden was beautiful. 2. The garden was fruitful....
Genesis 2:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 2:8 In accordance with a well-known characteristic of Hebrew composition, the writer, having carried his subject forward to a convenient place of rest, now reverts to a p...
Genesis 2:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Garden of Eden
Genesis 2:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Havilah. Genesis 10:7 Genesis 10:29 Genesis 25:18 1 Samuel 15:7

Genesis 2:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 2:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 2:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 2:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 2:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 2:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 2:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 2:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 2:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 2:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 2:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 2:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 2:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 2:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 2:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 2:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 2:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 2:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 2:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge