Genesis 10:7
ContextNETBible | 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 |
XREF | Ge 2:11; 1Ki 10:1; Ps 72:10; Isa 21:13; Eze 27:15; Eze 27:22 |
NET © Notes |
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. |