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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

8. גן (gan) “garden, park,” παράδεισος (paradeisos) — “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן (‛ēden

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.

The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

That river in Eden also reminds us of the pure river of water of life clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And a river went out. Moses says that one river flowed to water the garden, which would afterward divide itself into four heads. It is gen…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden
Before man was created, as Aben Ezra observes, this river went out …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The place chosen for Adam to live in was not a palace, but a garden. The better we are content with plain things, and the less we seek things to gr…

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