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29 Ophir,[a] Havilah,[b] and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. 30 Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to[c] Sephar in the eastern hills. 31 These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:29 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. Genesis 10:29 sn Havilah is listed with Ham in v. 7.
  3. Genesis 10:30 tn Heb “as you go.”