1 Chronicles 1:23 BSB

1 Chronicles 1:23

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The great promise of the Messiah (says bishop Patrick) was translated from Adam to Seth, from him to Shem, from him to Eber, and so to the Hebrew nation, who were entrusted, above all nations, with that sacred treasure, till the promise was performed and the Messiah had come, and then that nation was made not a people.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
אוֹפִ֥יר	'o.Fir	Ophir	H211 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
חֲוִילָ֖ה	cha.vi.Lah	Havilah	H2341 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
יוֹבָ֑ב	yo.Vav	Jobab	H3103 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֵ֖לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[were] [the] sons of	H1121 →
יָקְטָֽן׃ ס	ya.ke.Tan	Joktan	H3355 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:7
  Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 25:18
  Ishmael’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.
- Genesis 10:29
  Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
Through
Job 22:24
and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
leads to
- 1 Kings 9:28
  They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Genesis 25:18
Ishmael’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.
leads to
- Genesis 16:12
  He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
- Genesis 20:1
  Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
Through
Isaiah 13:12
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
leads to
- Job 28:16
  It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 4:1
  In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Chronicles

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Chronicles