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Genesis 2:11-12
New English Translation
Genesis 2:11-12
New English Translation
11 The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through[a] the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is pure;[b] pearls[c] and lapis lazuli[d] are also there).
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- Genesis 2:11 tn Heb “it is that which goes around.”
- Genesis 2:12 tn Heb “good.”
- Genesis 2:12 tn The Hebrew term translated “pearls” may be a reference to resin (cf. NIV “aromatic resin”) or another precious stone (cf. NEB, NASB, NRSV “bdellium”).
- Genesis 2:12 tn Or “onyx.”
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