genesis_2:10
Genesis 2:10
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וְנָהָרּ֙ יֹצֵ֣א מֵעֵ֔דֶן לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת אֶתplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֵת hebrew The Hebrew אֵת word does not have a corresponding word in English. In Hebrew, it is a marker of the accusative, i.e. the word following it is the object of the sentence. For example, in Genesis 1:1 the word is preceded by בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים ( הַגָּ֑ן וּמִשָּׁם֙ יִפָּרֵ֔ד וְהָיָ֖הplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה hebrew The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament. This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence. * It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2 לְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה רָאשִֽׁים |
| ESV |
A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.
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| NIV |
A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.
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| NLT |
A river watered the garden and then flowed out of Eden and divided into four branches.
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| LXX |
ποταμὸς δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. ἐκπορεύεται ἐξ Εδεμ ποτίζειν τὸνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article παράδεισον ἐκεῖθεν ἀφορίζεται εἰς τέσσαρας ἀρχάςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἀρχή greek Meaning: * Beginning * First * Elementary * Rulers, rule, domain Noun, feminine (first declension) Occurs 56 times in the New Testament, consistently conveying the idea of primacy - whether temporal (i.e. the start, e.g. John 1:1) or causal (i.e. the source) or governmental (i.e. the ruler, e.g. Ephesians 6:12 |
| KJV |
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
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Genesis 2:9 ← Genesis 2:10 → Genesis 2:11
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