Genesis 10:30
28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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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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Cross references
Numbers 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
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