11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-15)Man consisting of body and soul, a body made out of the earth and a rational immortal soul the breath of heaven, we have, in these verses, the provision that was made for the happiness of both; he that made him took care to make him happy, if he could but have kept himself so and known when he was well off. That part of man by which he is allied to the world of sense was made happy; for he was put…
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