1 Chronicles 1:23
21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
22 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
24 So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,
25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
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- BSB
- Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
- KJV
- And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- WEB
- Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- ASV
- and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- DARBY
- and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were sons of Joktan.
- BLB
- and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these [were] the sons of Joktan.
- ÅB
- og Ofir og Havila og Jobab; alle disse var Joktans sønner.
- OTB
- Ofir, Havila og Jobab. Disse var alle Joktans sønner.
- B1930
- og Ofir og Havila og Jobab; alle disse var Joktans sønner.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 29:4
three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
Read in contextGenesis 25:18
Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:12
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
Read in contextGenesis 2:11
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Read in context1 Kings 9:28
They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents —and delivered it to Solomon.
Read in context1 Kings 10:11
(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
Read in context1 Samuel 15:7
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
Read in contextGenesis 10:29
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
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