Genesis 2:11 (WEB)
The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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Jerome
“The name of the first is Pison…and the name of the second is Gihon.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 10, 11, 13.
Read the whole comment“At last, after crossing that wide river the Pison, he came to the Brahmans.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 11.
Read the whole comment“Then India is reached and the river Ganges—called in holy scripture Pison—“which compasseth the whole land of Havilah” and is said to carry down with it—from its source in paradise—various dyes and pigments.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 11.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“…that man, as far as the head only, is Paradise, therefore that “this river, which proceeds out of Edem,” that is, from the brain, “is divided into four heads, and that the name of the first river is called Phison; this is that which encompasseth all the land of Havilath: there is gold, and the gold of that land is…” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 11–14.
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