| Richard Kidder - Bible - 1694 - 584 pages
...viz. Gen. г. ii,i г. The name of the 'frfl is Pifon, that is // which compaffeth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold : and the gold of that land is good: there is Bdellium , and _ the Qnyx-ftone. 'Tis pretended that thefe are the words of one who... | |
| John Woodward - Disasters - 1723 - 360 pages
...Gen. n, TfceName of the fojl River is Pifon: "» 12, that is it wjjich compajjeth the whole Land of Havilah, where there is Gold. And the Gold of that Land is good : there is Bdellium and the Onyx-ftone. fie fpeaks here, I grant, only in the Prefent Prefent... | |
| William Smith (Revd. Mr.) - Ciphers - 1745 - 356 pages
...parted, and became into four Heads. 'J'he Name of the fir/I is Pifon : And that if it ivbic-h compajjetb Havilah, where there is Gold, and the Gold of that Land is good; there is. Bdellium, and the Onyx Stone. And the name of the fecond is Gihon, the fame is it -which... | |
| Universal history - 1779 - 492 pages
...four-heads. The name of the firft is Pifon (Fiflion) ; that is it which compaflcth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good ; there is bdellium (bdolahj, and theonyx-ftone (ftioham). And the name of the fecond river is... | |
| Arthur O'Leary - Early printed books - 1781 - 678 pages
...following words : " The name of the " firft river is Pifon ; that is it which compaff" eth the land of Havilah, where there is gold; " and the gold of that land is good : and there " is bdellium and the onyx-ftone." By gold, doubtlefs, he muft mean charity or patience.... | |
| Money - Money - 1799 - 208 pages
...historian, speaking of the river Pison, probably the Euphrates, says, " It compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good." Abraham is said to have been rich " in cattle, in silver, and in gold;" and Job beautifully... | |
| Edward Wells - Bible - 1801 - 418 pages
...hlftorian : The name of the firjl (namely, river) is Pifon : that is it, which compaffetb the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; and the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the onyx* jione. From hence it is evident, that, in order to find out... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 636 pages
...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... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - Bible - 1811 - 396 pages
...into four heads. 1 1 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 is bdellium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is... | |
| William Hypolitus Keating - Mineral industries - 1821 - 104 pages
...where the Garden of Eden stood, speaking of rivers,*— " That is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold." " And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and onyx stone." Again, we find it stated,f that " Abram was very rich in cattle,... | |
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