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Genesis 10:29 KJV
Genesis · chapter 10 · verse 29
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.Genesis 10:29 · King James Version
Genesis 10:29 in context
27And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- HavilahChăvîylâhChavilah, the name of two or three eastern regionsH2341 →
- OphirʼÔwphîyrOphir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the EastH211 →
- JobabYôwbâbJobab, the name of two Israelites and of three foreignersH3103 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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Two things especially are observable in this account of the posterity of Shem: - I. The description of Shem, Gen 10:21. We have not only his name, Shem, which signifies a name, but two titles to distinguish him by: - 1. He was the father of all the children of Eber. Eber was his great grandson;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-32