Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
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And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
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and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
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Passages linked to Genesis 10:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 9:28 They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
- Genesis 25:18 They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
- 1 Samuel 15:7 Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
- 1 Kings 22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go; for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.
- 1 Chronicles 8:18 Ishmerai, Izliah, Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,
- 1 Chronicles 9:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin,
- 1 Chronicles 9:13 and their brothers, heads of their fathers’ houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service of God’s house.
- Job 22:24 Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
- Job 28:16 It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Psalms 45:9 Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
- Isaiah 13:12 I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.
- Genesis 2:11 The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Ophir; either that in India, of which see 1Ki…
Ophir; either that in India, of which see 1Ki 9:28; 10:11; 22:48; or the other in Arabia, of which see Job 22:24; 28:16. See also Psa 45:9; Isa 13:12.
Havilah, a distinct person from him Gen 10:7.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab,.... If several of…
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab,.... If several of the sons of Joktan went into India, as the Arabs say, one would be tempted to think that Ophir in India, whither Solomon sent his ships once in three years, had its name from the first of these; See Gill on Gen 10:26 but as this would be carrying him too far from the rest of his brethren, who appear to have settled in Arabia, some place must be found for him there; and yet there is none in which there is any likeness of the name, unless Coper can be thought to be, a village in the country of the Cinaedocolpites, on the Arabian Gulf, as in Ptolemy (f), or Ogyris, an island in the same sea, Pliny (g) makes mention of the same with the Organa of Ptolemy (h), placed by him on the Sachalite bay; wherefore Bochart (i) looks out elsewhere for a seat for this Ophir, or "Oupheir", as in the Septuagint version, and finding in a fragment of Eupolemus, preserved by Eusebius (k), mention made of the island of Ourphe, which he thinks should be Ouphre, or Uphre, situated in the Red sea, seems willing to have it to be the seat of this man and his posterity, and that it had its name from him; or that their seat was among the Cassanites or Gassandae, the same perhaps with the tribe of Ghassan, Aupher and Chasan signifying much the same, even great abundance and treasure: Havilah, next mentioned, is different from Havilah, the son of Cush, Gen 10:7 and so his country; but it is difficult where to fix him; one would rather think that the Avalite bay, emporium, and people, should take their name from him than from Obal, Gen 10:28 but Bochart (l) chooses to place him and his posterity in Chaulan, a country in Arabia Felix, in the extreme part of Cassanitis, near the Sabaeans: and Jobab, the last of Joktan's sons, was the father of the Jobabites, called by Ptolemy (m) Jobarites, corruptly for Jobabites, as Salmasius and Bochart think; and who are placed by the above geographer near the Sachalites in Arabia Felix, whose country was full of deserts, as Jobab in Arabic signifies, so Bochart (n) observes, as the countries above the Sachalite bay were, by which these Jobabites are placed:
all these were the sons of Joktan; the thirteen before mentioned, all which had their dwelling in Arabia or near it, and which is further described in the following verse.
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(f) Geograph. l. 6. c. 7. (g) Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 28. (h) Ut supra. (Geograph. l. 6. c. 7.) (i) Phaleg. l. 2. c. 27. (k) Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 30. p. 457. (l) Ut supra, (Phaleg. l. 2.) c. 20. (m) Ut supra. (Geograph. l. 6. c. 7.) (n) Ut supra, (Phaleg. l. 2.) c. 29.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 29. See Clarke on Ge 10:26.
Verse 29. See Clarke on Ge 10:26.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Sons of Jectan; though not perhaps all born before…
Sons of Jectan; though not perhaps all born before the dispersion of nations, which may be said of some others, whom Moses here mentions, that he may not have to interrupt his narration. (Calmet)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 29. Ophir — A land celebrated in Solomon’s time…
29. Ophir — A land celebrated in Solomon’s time for its trade in gold, gems, apes, and peacocks. Probably it was a port in Arabia on the Red Sea, although some assign it to India. There is an El-Ophir in the modern Oman or Omaun, east Arabia.
Havilah — A district of north Yemen. There was also a Cushite Havilah. See Gen_10:7, and note on Cush.
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Jobab — Not identified, but supposed by Bochart and others to be in Arabia Deserta.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. Ophir] Famous for its trade in the days…
29. Ophir] Famous for its trade in the days of Solomon, 1Ki_9:28; 1Ki_10:11; 1Ki_22:48, and for its gold of especial purity. Cf. Job_22:24; Job_28:16; Psa_45:9; Isa_13:12. Its locality has been much disputed; it has been identified, at different times, with regions in India, East Africa, and the south coast of Arabia. In the present context it is evidently connected with Arabia.
Havilah] See Gen_2:11 and Gen_25:18. Possibly a district in north-east Arabia.
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