Daniel Whedon 11. Pison… Havilah After the views above given as to the site of paradise and the land of Eden, it would be idle to enumerate the diverse speculations and conjectures touching the rivers and lands designated in this and the following verses . The name Pison occurs nowhere else; but Havilah appears in Genesis 10:7, as the name of a son of Ham, and in Gen 2:29 as that of a son of Shem . Nothing would have been more natural than for the sons of Noah to transfer antediluvian names to their... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:11
11. Pison… Havilah After the views above given as to the site of paradise and the land of Eden, it would be idle to enumerate the diverse speculations and conjectures touching the rivers and lands designated in this and the following verses . The name Pison occurs nowhere else; but Havilah appears in Genesis 10:7, as the name of a son of Ham, and in Gen 2:29 as that of a son of Shem . Nothing would have been more natural than for the sons of Noah to transfer antediluvian names to their... read more