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Genesis 2:10

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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.
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  1. Revelation 22:1Rank 1 from verse 10
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    1AND he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

  2. Psalms 46:4Rank 2 from verse 10
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    4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

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Genesis 2:10

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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Eden

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Sense 1: The region in which the LORD planted the garden where he placed the man. Sense 2: A personal or place name borne by other persons or locations in later passages.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604

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water

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Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.

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thence

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From that place, position, point, or source; away from there.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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parted

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of part, meaning to divide, separate, depart, or share.

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9And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

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11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

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