Text -- Genesis 10:28-32 (NET)

10:28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 10:29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. 10:30 Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern hills. 10:31 These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations. 10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread over the earth after the flood.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 10:28

¹ sn Obal was a name used for several localities in Yemen.

² sn The name Abimael is a genuine Sabean form which means “my father, truly, he is God.”

³ sn The descendants of Sheba lived in South Arabia, where the Joktanites were more powerful than the Hamites.

NET Notes: Gen 10:29

¹ sn Ophir became the name of a territory in South Arabia. Many of the references to Ophir are connected with gold (e.g., 1 Kgs 9:28, 10:11, 22:48; 1 Chr 29:4; 2 Chr 8:18, 9:10; Job 22:24, 28:16; Ps 45:9; Isa 13:12).

² sn Havilah is listed with Ham in v. 7.

NET Notes: Gen 10:30

¹ tn Heb “as you go.”

NET Notes: Gen 10:32

¹ tn Or “separated.”