Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it was divided, and became four heads.
New American Standard Bible
Now a
King James Version
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Holman Bible
A river went
International Standard Version
A river flows from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides, becoming four branches.
American Standard Version
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
Amplified
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four [branching] rivers.
Bible in Basic English
And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.
Darby Translation
And a river went out of Eden, to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four main streams.
Julia Smith Translation
And a river shall go out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it shall be separated into four heads.
King James 2000
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now a river flowed out from Eden that watered the garden, and from there it diverged and became four branches.
Modern King James verseion
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden. And from there it was divided and became four heads.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And there sprung a river out of Eden to water the garden, and thence divided itself, and grew into four principal waters.
NET Bible
Now a river flows from Eden to water the orchard, and from there it divides into four headstreams.
New Heart English Bible
A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, a river, was coming forth out of Eden, to water the garden, - and, from thence, it parted, and became four heads,
Webster
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden: and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
World English Bible
A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.
Youngs Literal Translation
And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief rivers;
Themes
Gardens » Of eden » Watered by a river
Rivers » Some of » Parted into many streams
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 2:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Generations Of Heaven And Earth
9 And out of the ground LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, also the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it was divided, and became four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pishon. That is it which encompasses the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 46:4
There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
Revelation 22:1
And he showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,