Genesis 2:10
Strong's Lexicon
Now a river
וְנָהָרּ֙ (wə·nā·hār)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5104: 1) stream, river 1a) stream, river 1b) (underground) streams

flowed out
יֹצֵ֣א (yō·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth

of Eden
מֵעֵ֔דֶן (mê·‘ê·ḏen)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5731: Eden= 'pleasure' n pr m loc 1) the first habitat of man after the creation; site unknown n pr m 2) a Gershonite Levite, son of Joah in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah

to water
לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת (lə·haš·qō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8248: 1) to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to water, irrigate 1a2) to water, give drink to 1b) (Pual) to be watered 1c) (Niphal) variant

the garden,
הַגָּ֑ן (hag·gān)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1588: n m/f 1) garden, enclosure 1a) enclosed garden 1a1) (fig. of a bride) 1b) garden (of plants) n pr loc 1c) Garden of Eden

and from there
וּמִשָּׁם֙ (ū·miš·šām)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: 1) there, thither 1a) there 1b) thither (after verbs of motion) 1c) from there, thence 1d) then (as an adverb of time)

it branched into
יִפָּרֵ֔ד (yip·pā·rêḏ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6504: 1) to separate, divide 1a) (Qal) to divide 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to divide, separate 1b2) to be divided, be separated 1c) (Piel) to be separated 1d) (Pual) to be divided 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to divide, separate 1e2) to make a division, make a separation 1f) (Hithpael) to be divided, be separated, get separated

וְהָיָ֖ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

four
לְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה (lə·’ar·bā·‘āh)
Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 702: 1) four

headwaters:
רָאשִֽׁים׃ (rā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7218: 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

Young's 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];

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A river went out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the source of four rivers.

New American Standard Bible
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers.

King James Bible
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.

New Living Translation
A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches.

English Standard Version
A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.

New American Standard Bible
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers.

King James Bible
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A river went out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the source of four rivers.

International Standard Version
A river flows from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides, becoming four branches.

NET Bible
Now a river flows from Eden to water the orchard, and from there it divides into four headstreams.

American Standard Version
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.

English Revised Version
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.

Young's 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;
















Cross References
Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Psalm 46:4
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 2:9
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.

Genesis 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

Genesis 2:13
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
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