KJV King James Version
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these [were] the sons of Joktan.
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Genesis 10:29
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these [were] the sons of Joktan.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
WEB World English Bible
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
ASV American Standard Version
and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these are sons of Joktan;
Surrounding context — Genesis 10
26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these [were] the sons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31 These [are] the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
32 These [are] the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
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1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought [it] to king Solomon.Job 28:16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.Isaiah 13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.1 Chronicles 8:18Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah [until] thou comest to Shur, that [is] over against Egypt.1 Chronicles 9:13And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.Psalm 45:9Kings’ daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.1 Chronicles 9:10And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in the presence of all his brethren.Job 22:24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.Genesis 2:11The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold;
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