Commentary on Genesis John Calvin
JOHN CALVIN
10. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
10. Et fluvius egrediebatur ex Heden ad irrigandum hortum; et inde dividebatur, eratque in quatuor capita.
11. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
11. Nomen unius, Pison: ipse circuit totam terram Havila, ubi est aurum:
12. And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
12. Et aurum terrae illius bonum: ibi est bdellium, et lapis onychinus.
13. And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
13. Nomen vero fluvii secundi Gihon: ipse circuit omnem terram Aethipiae.
14. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth
14. Et nomen fluvii tertii Hiddekel; ipse tendit ad orientem Assur; et flumen quartum est Perath. toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15. And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
15. tulit itaque Jehova Deus hominem, et posuit eum in horto Heden, ut coleret eum, et custodiret eum.
16. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
16. Praecepitque Jehova Deus homini, dicendo, De omni arbore horti comedendo comedes: