 | William Fleming - 1838 - 612 pages
...well known in his time. " The name of the first," he says, " is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole Land of Havilah, where there is gold ; and...land is good ; there is bdellium and the onyx stone." This river is mentioned first, because it was the branch nearest to Arabia Petroea, where Moses wrote... | |
 | 1828 - 636 pages
...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 he might come... | |
 | Church history - 1838 - 844 pages
...produced this metal in its excellence : ** The name of the first is Pisón : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; and the gold of that land is good." Gen. ii. 11, 12. But the gold of Ophir seems to have been most renowned amongst the Hebrews. When the... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...is it which 1 2 compasseth the whole land of Ilavilah, where there is gold ; and the gold of that 13 , d 1Z u j l b z ̓ ɛM 0 T b Ok i q k:-mދX @Ƽu V ő/ ! J {ŽK { e « Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of ? Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1840 - 534 pages
...I. TEXT: Gen. ii. 11, 12. — "The name of the first river is " Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, " where there is gold....of that land is good : there " is bdellium and the onyx-stone." OBJECTION. — These observations appear the production of some one residing in Chaldea,... | |
 | Samuel Ransom - 1840 - 500 pages
...proceeds, in the present tense : — " The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; and...gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is it that compasseth the whole land... | |
 | John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...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 : there *» bdellium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is it that compasseth... | |
 | Richard Hartley Kennedy - Afghan Wars - 1840 - 338 pages
...as worthy of special notice. The book of Genesis describes the river Pison as " it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good : " if we seek the Pison in the Oxus, that river and its tributary streams are not changed, and still... | |
 | Christian education - 1841 - 612 pages
...rivers. ' The name of the first of these rivers,' says Moses, ' is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; and the gold of that land is good : thero is bdellium and the onyx stone.' The position of Havilah, the country washed by the first of... | |
 | Richard Hartley Kennedy - Afghan Wars - 1840 - 642 pages
...as worthy of special notice. The book of Genesis describes the river Pison as " it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good : " if we seek the Pison in the Oxus, that river and its tributary streams are not changed, and still... | |
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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... 
