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OET (OET-LV) And_river[fn] [was]_going_out from_ˊĒden to_water DOM the_garden and_from_there it_divided and_it_was to_four heads.
2:10 Note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.
OET (OET-RV) A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and then from there it split into four rivers.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
וְנָהָרּ֙ יֹצֵ֣א
and=river going_out
Verse 10 gives more background information that began in verse 8. Many translations omit the conjunction And or “Now” here. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “Now a river was flowing” or “A river was flowing”
מֵעֵ֔דֶן
from=ˊĒden
The garden was inside the land of Eden, so as the river flowed through Eden, it watered the garden. Alternate translation: “from the land of Eden”
לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת
to=water
See how you translated “watered” in verse 6. Alternate translation: “to irrigate” or “to provide water for” or “that watered”
אֶת הַגָּ֑ן
DOM the=garden
See how you translated this phrase in verse 8. Alternate translation: “the park,”
וּמִשָּׁם֙
and=from=there
For some languages it is better to begin a new sentence here. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “and from the garden” or “From Eden”
יִפָּרֵ֔ד וְהָיָ֖ה לְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה רָאשִֽׁים
it_divided and=it_was to=four heads
Verse 10 is ambiguous in the Hebrew text. It could mean: (1) “the/that river divided into four smaller waters/rivers.” This interpretation means that the river in Eden was the source river that watered the garden and then divided downstream into the four smaller rivers. (2) “there were four smaller source rivers that joined together and formed the larger river.” This interpretation means that the four rivers were source headwaters that flowed downstream and joined to form the larger river in Eden. If possible, leave your translation ambiguous here (like the Hebrew text does), so that either interpretation is possible.
2:10 The river that was watering the garden was a material blessing (bringing agricultural fertility) and a symbol of God’s presence (cp. Ps 46:4; Ezek 47:1-12; Zech 14:8; Rev 22:1-2).
• dividing into four branches (literally heads): The common understanding is that one river had its source in Eden, flowed down through the garden, and then split into the four rivers named.
OET (OET-LV) And_river[fn] [was]_going_out from_ˊĒden to_water DOM the_garden and_from_there it_divided and_it_was to_four heads.
2:10 Note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.
OET (OET-RV) A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and then from there it split into four rivers.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.