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Genesis 2:10
And a river went out of the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from thence is divided into four heads.
Genesis 2:10 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 2:10 in other translations
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.
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In context
7 And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
8 And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.
9 And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from thence is divided into four heads.
11 The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.
12 And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone.
13 And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia.
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