 | Richard Kidder - Bible - 1694 - 584 pages
...together, and anfwer : viz. Gen. г. ii,i г. The name of the 'frfl is Pifon, that is // which compaffeth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold : and the gold of that land is good: there is Bdellium , and _ the Qnyx-ftone. 'Tis pretended that thefe are the words of... | |
 | John Woodward - Disasters - 1723 - 360 pages
...fecond Chapter*. * Gen. n, TfceName of the fojl River is Pifon: "» 12, that is it wjjich compajjeth the whole Land of Havilah, where there is Gold. And the Gold of that Land is good : there is Bdellium and the Onyx-ftone. fie fpeaks here, I grant, only in the Prefent... | |
 | Universal history - 1779 - 492 pages
...and became into four-heads. The name of the firft is Pifon (Fiflion) ; that is it which compaflcth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good ; there is bdellium (bdolahj, and theonyx-ftone (ftioham). And the name of the fecond... | |
 | Arthur O'Leary - Bibliography - 1781 - 426 pages
...in the following words : " The name of the " firft river is Pifon; that is it which compafT" eth the land of Havilah, where there is gold : ** and the gold of that la/id is good : and there ** is bdellium and the onyx-ftone." By gold, doubtlefs, he muft mean charity... | |
 | Money - Money - 1799 - 208 pages
...the Scriptures. The sacred historian, speaking of the river Pison, probably the Euphrates, says, " It compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good." Abraham is said to have been rich " in cattle, in silver, and in gold;" and Job beautifully... | |
 | Edward Wells - Bible - 1801 - 418 pages
...faid facred hlftorian : The name of the firjl (namely, river) is Pifon : that is it, which compaffetb the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; and the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the onyx* jione. From hence it is evident, that, in order to find... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 1 1 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 bdellinm and the onyx stone. 13 And the name of the... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...and from thence it purted itself into four several streams. II. 11 The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; The first is that channel of Euphrates which is called Pischon, which washcth upon the land which... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...only. good, to have a woeful knowledge and experience of evil. II. 11 The name of the frst is Pisan: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold i The first is that channel of Euphrates which is called Pischon, which washeth upon the land which... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 636 pages
...in the Bocas del Dragon, came from the garden of Eden (the river Pison, he would suppose it to be, ' which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good ') ; and, although he despaired of ascending so high, was perhaps not without a hope that... | |
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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. 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:... 
