Genesis 2 – Line 00041

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INTRO

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RENDERED LINE

And a river flows out from Eden to water the garden, and from there it separates and becomes four heads.

RENDERING NOTES

“Flows out” translates יֹצֵא (yotze), a Qal participle indicating ongoing movement.

“From Eden” (מֵעֵדֶן, me‘eden) connects the water source with the origin-place of delight and cultivation.

“To water the garden” renders לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת־הַגָּן (lehashqot et-hagan), Hiphil infinitive construct for irrigation or sustenance.

“Separates” renders יִפָּרֵד (yippared), Niphal imperfect — a passive branching.

“Becomes four heads” uses וְהָיָה לְאַרְבָּעָה רָאשִׁים (vehayah le’arba‘ah rashim) — results in four sources or branches.

INSERTION / HELPER WORD TRACKING

“And” added for sequential connection.

“It” before “separates” added for English grammar; subject implied in Hebrew.

All verbs and nouns are directly traceable; no smoothing or interpretive insertions made.

CONTEXTUAL PLACEMENT

Builds the ecosystem introduced in verses 8–9 by adding irrigation flow.

Initiates movement outward from Eden — first fluid dynamism in the narrative.

Sets up geographic and symbolic expansion via the four rivers named in 2:11–14.

STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT NOTES

Structure: origin (Eden) → purpose (water garden) → consequence (branch into four).

Syntactic sequence models flow: participle (yotze) → infinitive (lehashqot) → imperfect (yippared) → perfect (vehayah).

Introduces multiplicity from unity — singular river divides into plural “heads.”

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