English Standard Version
1 Chronicles 1:23
23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
1 Chronicles 1:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- New International Version (NIV)Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were descendants of Joktan.
Context of 1 Chronicles 1:23
21Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. 24Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah; 25Eber, Peleg, Reu;
Read all of 1 Chronicles 11 Chronicles 1:23 word by word
וְאֶת־אוֹפִ֥יר וְאֶת־חֲוִילָ֖ה וְאֶת־יוֹבָ֑ב כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י יָקְטָֽן׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:23
- Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
- 1 Kings 9:28And they went to Ophir and brought from there gold, 420 talents, and they brought it to King Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:11Moreover, the fleet of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir a very great amount of almug wood and precious stones.
- 1 Chronicles 29:43,000 talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the house,
- Job 22:24if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
- Isaiah 13:12I will make people more rare than fine gold, and mankind than the gold of Ophir.
- Genesis 2:11The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
- Genesis 25:18They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.
- 1 Samuel 15:7And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23And Ophir - "Whence gold is brought." And Havilah; "whence pearls are brought." - T.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-23The record of Noah’s descendants shows Abraham’s place in history. The ethnic background of the seventy nations gives context to Israel’s history (compare Genesis 10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-234-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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