Havilah
חֲוִילָה · cha.vi.lah · H2341I“that suffers pain; that brings forth” Hitchcock's 18692 mentions in 2 books, most in Genesis (1)
Who he was
Havilah is mentioned in the Table of Nations in Genesis and 1 Chronicles as a son of Joktan, who was a descendant of Shem, one of Noah's three sons. The Table of Nations is a genealogical record of the descendants of Noah's sons after the Great Flood, representing the known nations and peoples of the ancient world. Joktan's descendants, including Havilah, are associated with the peoples of the Arabian Peninsula. No further information is provided about this Havilah in the Bible. (Genesis 10:29; 1 Chronicles 1:23).
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Family
FatherJoktanSiblingsAlmodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Jobab
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Every mention
2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Genesis 1 mention
1 Chronicles 1 mention
What the dictionary says
The sand region.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Read the article →Sources
- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain