Easton: Pison

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Source: Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) (Pison) · external_aligned

Babylonian, the current, broad-flowing, one of the “four heads” into which the river which watered the garden of Eden was divided (Gen. 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.

Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)

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