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Genesis 2:11

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2:11 The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through 1  the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 10:7

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10:7 The sons of Cush were Seba, 2  Havilah, 3  Sabtah, 4  Raamah, 5  and Sabteca. 6  The sons of Raamah were Sheba 7  and Dedan. 8 

Genesis 10:29

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10:29 Ophir, 9  Havilah, 10  and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
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[2:11]  1 tn Heb “it is that which goes around.”

[10:7]  2 sn The descendants of Seba settled in Upper Egypt along the Nile.

[10:7]  3 sn The Hebrew name Havilah apparently means “stretch of sand” (see HALOT 297 s.v. חֲוִילָה). Havilah’s descendants settled in eastern Arabia.

[10:7]  4 sn The descendants of Sabtah settled near the western shore of the Persian Gulf in ancient Hadhramaut.

[10:7]  5 sn The descendants of Raamah settled in southwest Arabia.

[10:7]  6 sn The descendants of Sabteca settled in Samudake, east toward the Persian Gulf.

[10:7]  7 sn Sheba became the name of a kingdom in southwest Arabia.

[10:7]  8 sn The name Dedan is associated with àUla in northern Arabia.

[10:29]  3 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]  4 sn Havilah is listed with Ham in v. 7.



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