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Man and Woman in the Garden

Genesis 2:12

In 11 translations

BSB
And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
KJV
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
WEB
and the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.or, aromatic resin
ASV
and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
LSV
and the gold of that land [is] good; the bdellium and the shoham stone [are] there;
YLT
and the gold of that land [is] good, there [is] the bdolach and the shoham stone;
DBY
And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and the onyx stone are there.
DRC
And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone.
GNV
And the golde of that land is good: there is Bdelium, and the Onix stone.
JPS
and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
LXXE
And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וּֽזֲהַ֛ב הָאָ֥רֶץ הַהִ֖וא ט֑וֹב שָׁ֥ם הַבְּדֹ֖לַח וְאֶ֥בֶן הַשֹּֽׁהַם׃
LXX-Br
Τὸ δὲ χρυσίον τῆς γῆς ἐκείνης καλόν· καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθραξ, καὶ ὁ λίθος ὁ πράσινος.

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◆ Creation of Adam and Eve

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold,…
  • Job 28:16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
  • Exodus 28:20and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.
  • Exodus 39:13and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.
  • Numbers 11:7Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.

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