Genesis 10:29

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.”

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BSBPD

“Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these <FI>are<Fi> sons of Joktan;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 10:29 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 2:11The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
  2. Genesis 25:18Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
  3. 1 Samuel 15:7Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
  4. 1 Kings 9:28They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
  5. 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
  6. 1 Chronicles 1:23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
  7. 1 Chronicles 8:18Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.
  8. 1 Chronicles 9:10From the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;
  9. 1 Chronicles 9:13and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
  10. Job 22:24and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
  11. Job 28:16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
  12. Psalms 45:9The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
  13. Isaiah 13:12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.

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