The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Man consisting of body and soul, a body made out of the earth and a rational immortal soul the breath of heaven, we have, in these verses, the provision that was made for the happiness of both; he that made him took care to make him happy, if he could but have kept himself so and known when he was well off.
Commenting on Genesis 2:8-15
The name of the first is Pison,.... Not the river Nile in Egypt, as Jarchi, who thinks it is derived from "Pashah", which signifies to increase, expand, and diffuse, as that does at certain times, and spreads itself over the land of Egypt, or from "Pishten", linen, which grows there, Isa 19:9 nor the river Ganges in India, as Josephus (m), and others; for the...
The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold; (i) Havilah is a country adjoining Persia to the east, and inclining towards the west.