KJV King James Version
And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone.
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Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
WEB World English Bible
and the gold of that land is good. There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone.
ASV American Standard Version
and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the gold of that land is good, there is the bdolach and the shoham stone;
Surrounding context — Genesis 2
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.
14 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.
15 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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Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.Exodus 28:20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.Job 28:16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.Exodus 39:13And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: [they were] inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.Numbers 11:7And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
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