29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
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And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-32)Two things especially are observable in this account of the posterity of Shem:— I. The description of Shem, v . 21. We have not only his name, Shem , which signifies a name , but two titles to distinguish him by:— 1. He was the father of all the children of Eber . Eber was his great grandson; but why should he be called the father of all his children, rather than of all Arphaxad’s, or Salah’s, etc…
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