1 tn Heb “fathered.”
2 sn The name Almodad combines the Arabic article al with modad (“friend”). Almodad was the ancestor of a South Arabian people.
3 sn The name Sheleph may be related to Shilph, a district of Yemen; Shalph is a Yemenite tribe.
4 sn The name Hazarmaveth should be equated with Hadramawt, located in Southern Arabia.
5 sn The name Jerah means “moon.”
6 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).
7 sn Havilah is listed with Ham in v. 7.