 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...main streams,] This is grounded upon the words of Moses, Gen. ii. 10. " And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads." Now the most probable account that is given of these four rivers, we conceive to be this : The river... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 434 pages
...concerning its fltuation, fome of them very wild and extravagant. Mofes fays, that "a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted and became into four heads." This river k fuppofrd to be the common channel of the Euphrates and Tigris, after their confluence... | |
 | John Wesley - 1790 - 736 pages
...opinion fcems exaclly to coincide with the facred text; which informs us that " A "ver went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into foiy heads." Thefe words evidently imply, that, in Eden the river •tad but one channel ; but when... | |
 | Edward Wells - 1801 - 418 pages
...cllannelj wnich |s common to all the four rivers. For the facred text fays, that a river went out of Eden, to water the Garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four beads. Which words manifeftly imply, that in Eden the river was but one, that is, that it was but a... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 446 pages
...experimentally to knoto tlie difference between moral good and evil, 10 And a river went out of the land o/'Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four 11 heads, or principal streams* The name of the first [is] Pison : that [is] it which compasseth, or... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 444 pages
...to know the difference between moral good and evil. 10 And a river went out x>f the land (a/" Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into fouf" 1 1 heads, or principal streams.* The name of the first [is] Pi* son : that [is] it which compasseth,... | |
 | Samuel Barnard - 1806 - 352 pages
...this point the scripture is pleased to give us some little information. " A river went out of Edtn to " water the garden, and from thence it was parted, " and became into four heads. The name of the "Jirst is Pison: that is it which encompasset h the " whole land of Havilah. And the name of the "... | |
 | Samuel Barnard - 1806 - 336 pages
...is pleased to give us some little information. "A river went out of'Edtti to " water the garden, ami from thence it was parted, " and became into four heads. The' name of the ''first is Pison : that is it which encompasscth the " u,liole land of Havilak. Anil the name of the... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 1 1 The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there... | |
 | Laurence Howel - 1807 - 588 pages
...various opinions of Geographers concerning its situation. Moses says that " a river went out of Kdcn to water the garden, and from thence it was parted and became into four heads." Some suppose this river to be the common channel of the Euphrates and Tigris after their confluence,... | |
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And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 
