Genesis 2:10-11 NLT,NIV,ESV

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 2:1-25

Genesis 2:1. By host is meant, not the angels, as some have thought, but the starry heavens. Psalms 33:6. Genesis 2:2. On the seventh day God ended his work. The Samaritan Pentateuch reads, the sixth day. The variation is accounted for by the variation in reckoning the hours at which the sabbath began. On the sabbath, see Ezekiel 20:12; Ezekiel 20:20. Genesis 2:6. A mist watered the whole face of the ground, the rainy season of the climate not being then come. Deuteronomy 11:14.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 2:8-14

Genesis 2:8-14The Lord God planted a garden eastward in EdenThe garden of EdenI.IN THIS GARDEN PROVISION WAS MADE FOR THE HAPPINESS OF MAN. 1. The garden was beautiful. 2. The garden was fruitful. 3. The garden was well watered. II. IN THIS GARDEN PROVISION WAS MADE FOR THE DAILY OCCUPATION OF MAN. 1. Work is the law of man’s being. (1) Man’s work should be practical. (2) Man’s work should be healthful. (3) Man’s work should be taken as from God. This will dignify work, and inspire the worker.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 2:10

Gen 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. Ver. 10. And a river went out. ] Pliny writeth, a that in the province of Babylon there is burning and smothering a certain lake or bog, about the size of an acre. And who knows, whether that be not a piece of Paradise now drowned and destroyed? a Plin., l. ii., c. 106. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 2:11

Gen 2:11 The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold; Ver. 11. Where there is gold. ] Which, though never so much admired and studiously acquired, is but the guts and garbage of the earth. Gold is that which the basest element yields, the most savage Indians get, servile apprentices work, Midianitish camels carry, miserable muckworms adore, unthrifty ruffians spend. It is to be wondered that, treading upon these minerals, we... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 2:10

a river: Psalms 46:4, Revelation 22:1 Eden: Eden denotes pleasure or delight; but was certainly the name of a place, and was, most probably, situated in Armenia, near the sources of the great rivers Euphrates, Tigris, Phasis, and Araxes. Reciprocal: Genesis 13:10 - the garden Psalms 137:1 - the rivers Ezekiel 47:7 - many read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 2:11

Havilah: Genesis 10:7, Genesis 10:29, Genesis 25:18, 1 Samuel 15:7 Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 1:23 - Havilah Job 28:1 - the silver Ezekiel 28:13 - every read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 2:8-15

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 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. 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,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:4-25

The Generations of the Heavens and the Land, Genesis 2:4 to Genesis 4:26. In chapters 1, and Genesis 2:1-3, the sacred writer gives us his account of the creation of the heavens and the land; he now proceeds to give us their generations, תולרות . His historical standpoint is the day from which these generations start; the day when man was formed of the dust of the ground, and of the breath of life from the heavens. So the first man is conceived of as the product of the heavens and the land... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:7-25

EXCURSUS ON PRIMEVAL MAN. The foregoing narrative of the beginning of human history is singularly simple and free from numerous characteristics of the myths and legends of other nations, as well as from their pantheistic and polytheistic conceptions. “According to the ideas commonly prevailing among the peoples of antiquity,” says Lenormant, “man is regarded as autochthonous, or issued from the earth which bears him. Rarely, in the accounts which treat of his first appearance, do we discover a... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:10

10. A river went out of Eden This river, like the trees just named, constituted a part of the perfection of the earthly paradise . Comp . Revelation 22:1-2. From thence From the garden . The verse clearly implies that the river had its source in the garden, and from that place, as a centre, divided itself off, was parted so as to become the fountain heads of four different streams . Hence by river we may understand river system, set of rivers, all identified as to their origin,... read more

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 2:1-25

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 2:8-14

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 2:10

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 2:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 2:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 2:11

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 2:8-15

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:4-25

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:7-25

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:10

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