Holy Scripture

Genesis 2:10

A church father on this verse
“The Church, setting forth the likeness of paradise, includes within her walls fruit-bearing trees, whereof that which does not bring forth good fruit is cut off and is cast into the fire. These trees she waters with four rivers, that is, with the four Gospels, wherewith, by a celestial inundation, she bestows the grac…”
Cyprian, 3th c. — Epistle LXXII.10

Source: Septuagint

Original

10And a river proceeds out of Eden to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads.

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8And God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and placed there the man whom he had formed.

9And God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning the knowledge of good and evil.

— Genesis 2:10 —

11The name of the one, Pishon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

12And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald.

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