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Genesis 10:30

MeshaSephar

28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

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.

32 All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.

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BSB
Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
KJV
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
WEB
Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
ASV
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
DARBY
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as one goes to Sephar, the eastern mountain.
BLB
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
ÅB
De hadde sine bosteder i fjellbygdene i øst fra Mesa bortimot Sefar.
OTB
Deres region strakte seg fra Mesja mot Sefar, i det østlige fjellandet.
B1930
De hadde sine bosteder i fjellbygdene i øst fra Mesa bortimot Sefar.

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  • Numbers 23:7

    And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’

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