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Genesis 2:10

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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, where [there is] gold;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And a river^H5104 went out^H3318 of Eden^H5731 to water^H8248 the garden^H1588; and from thence it was parted^H6504, and became into four^H702 heads^H7218.

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Original Hebrew

וְנָהָר יֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן לְהַשְׁקֹות אֶת־הַגָּן וּמִשָּׁם יִפָּרֵד וְהָיָה לְאַרְבָּעָה רָאשִׁים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/נָהָרּ֙	ve./na.Har	H5104	HC/Ncmsa	and/ a river
יֹצֵ֣א	yo.Tze'	H3318	HVqrmsa	(was) going out
מֵ/עֵ֔דֶן	me./'E.den	H5731	HR/Np	from/ Eden
לְ/הַשְׁק֖וֹת	le./hash.Kot	H8248	HR/Vhc	to/ water
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/גָּ֑ן	ha./Gan	H1588	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ garden
וּ/מִ/שָּׁם֙	u./mi./Sham	H8033	HC/R/D	and/ from/ there
יִפָּרֵ֔ד	yi.pa.Red	H6504	HVNi3ms	(it) divided
וְ/הָיָ֖ה	ve./ha.Yah	H1961	HC/Vqp3ms	and/ it became
לְ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה	le./'ar.ba.'Ah	H702	HR/Acmsa	(into)/ four
רָאשִֽׁים	ra.Shim	H7218	HNcmpa	heads

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H702 — אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'): masculine אַרְבָּעָה; from רָבַע; four; four.
• H1588 — גַּן (gan, gan): from גָּנַן; a garden (as fenced); garden.
• H3318 — יָצָא (yâtsâʼ, yaw-tsaw'): a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.
• H5104 — נָהָר (nâhâr, naw-hawr'): from נָהַר; a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity; flood, river.
• H5731 — עֵדֶן (ʻÊden, ay'-den): the same as עֵדֶן (masculine); Eden, the region of Adam's home; Eden.
• H6504 — פָּרַד (pârad, paw-rad'): a primitive root; to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself); disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter (abroad), separate (self), sever self, stretch, sunder.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H8248 — שָׁקָה (shâqâh, shaw-kaw'): a primitive root; to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to; cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See שָׁכַר, שָׁתָה.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• a river — Psalms 46:4, Revelation 22:1

Reciprocal references (3): Genesis 13:10, Psalms 137:1, Ezekiel 47:7

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: RIVERS
• Nave’s: EDEN, GOD

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