KJV King James Version
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
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Genesis 2:10
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
WEB World English Bible
A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.
ASV American Standard Version
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief rivers;
Surrounding context — Genesis 2
7 And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river 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 second river [is] Gihon: the same [is] it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
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וְנָהָר֙H5104 · na.harRiverיֹצֵ֣אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeמֵעֵ֔דֶןH5731 · e.denEdenלְהַשְׁק֖וֹתH8248 · sha.qahto water: wateringאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַגָּ֑ןH1588 · ganGarden (of Uzza)וּמִשָּׁם֙H8033 · shamthereיִפָּרֵ֔דH6504 · pa.radto separateוְהָיָ֖הH1961 · ha.yahto beלְאַרְבָּעָ֥הH702 · ar.bafourרָאשִֽׁים׃H7218 · roshhead
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