And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these are sons of Joktan.
and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were sons of Joktan.
1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?
Voices2
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.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
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.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches10
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.
and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
The walk8
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 2:11The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
leads to
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.
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.
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
Through
Job 22:24and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
leads to
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 25:18Ishmael’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.
leads to
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.”
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 13:12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
leads to
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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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