Philo — Works Vol. I, Yonge — Section 104
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Work: Works of Philo of Alexandria
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XIX. " And a river goes forth out of Eden to water the Paradise. From thence it is separated into four heads : the name of the one is Pheison. That is the one which encircles the whole land of Evilat. There is the country where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good. There also are the car- buncle and the sapphire stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon ; this is that which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia. And the third river is the Tigris. This is the river which flows in front of the Assyrians. And the fourth river is the Euphrates."* In these words Moses int…
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