Genesis 2:12
“And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the gold of that land is good,.... Arabia was famous for gold: Diodorus Siculus (x) speaks of gold in Arabia, called…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 2:8-14
- XI. The Garden 8. גן gan “garden, park,” παράδεισος paradeisos, “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן ‛ēden “Eden,…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
There is bdellium (בדלח bedolach) and the onyx stone, אבן השהם eben hashshoham - Bochart thinks that the bedolach or…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 2:8-15
Man consisting of body and soul, a body made out of the earth and a rational immortal soul the breath of heaven, we…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
bdellium LXX ἄνθραξ : Lat. bdellium. In Num 11:7, "manna" is compared with "bdellium"; where the LXX gives κρύσταλλος.…
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