Genesis 10:7

10:7 The sons of Cush were Seba, ¹  Havilah, ²  Sabtah, ³  Raamah, ⁴  and Sabteca. ⁵  The sons of Raamah were Sheba ⁶  and Dedan. ⁷ 

Genesis 10:29

10:29 Ophir, ⁸  Havilah, ⁹  and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

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¹ sn The descendants of Seba settled in Upper Egypt along the Nile.

² sn The Hebrew name Havilah apparently means “stretch of sand” (see HALOT 297 s.v. חֲוִילָה). Havilah’s descendants settled in eastern Arabia.

³ sn The descendants of Sabtah settled near the western shore of the Persian Gulf in ancient Hadhramaut.

⁴ sn The descendants of Raamah settled in southwest Arabia.

⁵ sn The descendants of Sabteca settled in Samudake, east toward the Persian Gulf.

⁶ sn Sheba became the name of a kingdom in southwest Arabia.

⁷ sn The name Dedan is associated with àUla in northern Arabia.

⁸ sn Ophir became the name of a territory in South Arabia. Many of the references to Ophir are connected with gold (e.g., 1 Kgs 9:28, 10:11, 22:48; 1 Chr 29:4; 2 Chr 8:18, 9:10; Job 22:24, 28:16; Ps 45:9; Isa 13:12).

⁹ sn Havilah is listed with Ham in v. 7.