pishon

"PEE-SHON"

"Pishon" (פִּישֹׁ֑ון) is the name of a river. It doesn't mean anything, in the same way that "Nile" is the name of a river, but "Nile" doesn't mean anything outside of association with the river.

To this date, the Pishon has never been matched with an extant Middle Eastern River (whereas Farat is matched with Euphrates and Khidekel is matched with Tigris). Pishon is also not present as a term in any piece of historical literature outside of the Bible.

The Pishon (Pison) River is recorded in Genesis 2:11, as one of the four rivers emanating from the Garden of Eden: "The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. The second River was Gihon (Nile) that ran through Ethiopia. The third was Hiddekel (Tigris) which ran towards Assyria. The fourth was the Euphrates, as well known today.

The Pishon River is "most probably identified with the Karun River which comes down from the mountains of Media and formerly emptied into the Persian Gulf." International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.

Whereas we are familiar with the Nile, Tigris and Euphrated Rivers today, there is no reason to consider the Pishon to have not existed. All these rivers are undoubtedly changed somewhat from the days of Eden, due to the Genesis Flood.

According to the book of Genesis, chapter 2, verse 10 - 12 is states the word Gold in relation to the first of four headwaters (rivers) called Pishon which passes through a land called Havilah, and in that land there is Gold, and other minerals of value.