The prophet Moses, who recorded the information in the book of Genesis in the 16th century before our Common Era, added the following information about this Edenic river, according to the knowledge of his day:
“ पहली धारा का नाम पीशोन्‌ है, यह वही है जो हवीला नाम के सारे देश को जहाँ सोना मिलता है घेरे हुए है ।