Genesis 10 · Verse 29

Genesis 10:29

And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
Genesis 10:29, King James Version

Genesis 10:29 in other translations

BSBOphir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
WEBOphir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
ASVand Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
YLTand Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these are sons of Joktan;
DARBYand Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were sons of Joktan.
BBEAnd Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
WebsterAnd Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

What does Genesis 10:29 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 10:15-32

The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always terribly. Perhaps it is a secret curse, a…

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Genesis 10:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אוֹפִ֥ר'o.FirOphirH211
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
חֲוִילָ֖הcha.vi.LahHavilahH2341
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
יוֹבָ֑בyo.VavJobabH3103
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[were] [the] sons ofH1121
יָקְטָֽן\׃ya.ke.TanJoktanH3355

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 10:29

  • 1 Kings 9:28

    And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

  • Job 22:24

    Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

  • Psalms 45:9

    Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

  • 1 Samuel 15:7

    And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

  • 1 Kings 22:48

    Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion–geber.

  • Job 28:16

    It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:10

    And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,

  • Isaiah 13:12

    I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:13

    And 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 8:18

    Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;

  • Genesis 25:18

    And 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.

  • Genesis 2:11

    The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ophir.
1Ki 9:28; 22:48; 1Ch 8:18; 9:10,13; Job 22:24; 28:16; Ps 45:9
Isa 13:12
Havilah.
2:11; 25:18; 1Sa 15:7

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Context

  • Genesis 10:28

    And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

  • Genesis 10:29

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

  • Genesis 10:30

    And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

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Genesis 10:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y á Ophir, y á Havila, y á Jobad: todos estos fueron hijos de Joctán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Ophir, et Havila, et Jobab. Tous ceux-là étaient fils de Joktan.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und Ophir und Hawila und Jobab; diese alle waren Söhne Joktans.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et Ophir, et Hevila, et Jobab: omnes isti, filii Jectan.