Genesis 10:27-32

10:27 Hadoram, Uzal, ¹  Diklah, ²  10:28 Obal, ³  Abimael, ⁴  Sheba, ⁵  10:29 Ophir, ⁶  Havilah, ⁷  and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. 10:30 Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to ⁸  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 ⁹  over the earth after the flood.

[10:27]  ¹ sn Uzal was the name of the old capital of Yemen.

[10:27]  ² sn The name Diklah means “date-palm.”

[10:28]  ³ sn Obal was a name used for several localities in Yemen.

[10:28]  ⁴ sn The name Abimael is a genuine Sabean form which means “my father, truly, he is God.”

[10:28]  ⁵ sn The descendants of Sheba lived in South Arabia, where the Joktanites were more powerful than the Hamites.

[10:29]  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).

[10:29]  ⁷ sn Havilah is listed with Ham in v. 7.

[10:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “as you go.”

[10:32]  ⁹ tn Or “separated.”