Genesis 10:29
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
30 Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
31 These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
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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 [are] the sons of Joktan.
- ÅB
- og Ofir og Havila og Jobab; alle disse var Joktans sønner.
- OTB
- Ofir, Havila og Jobab. Disse var alle etterkommere av Joktan.
- B1930
- og Ofir og Havila og Jobab; alle disse var Joktans sønner.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 9:28
They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents —and delivered it to Solomon.
Read in contextJob 22:24
and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
Read in contextPsalms 45:9
The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
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 context1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
Read in contextJob 28:16
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
Read in context1 Chronicles 9:10
From the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;
Read in contextIsaiah 13:12
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
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