| Easton's Bible Dictionary Babylonian, the current, broad-flowing, one of the "four heads" into which the river which watered the garden of Eden was divided (Genesis 2:11). Some identify it with the modern Phasis, others with the Halys, others the Jorak or Acampis, others the Jaab, the Indus, the Ganges, etc. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PISHON; PISON pi'-shon pi'-son (pishon; the King James Version): A river of EDEN (which see), said to compass the whole land of Havilah where there is gold, bdellium and onyx stone (Genesis 2:11), most probably identified with the Karun River which comes down from the mountains of Media and formerly emptied into the Persian Gulf. PISON pi'-son.
See PISHON. | Multi-Version Concordance Pison (1 Occurrence) Genesis 2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; (KJV DBY WBS YLT) |