And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these [were] the sons of Joktan.
29. Ophir ] Famous for its trade in the days of Solomon, 1Ki 9:28; 1Ki 10:11 ; 1Ki 22:48, and for its gold of especial purity. Cf. Job 22:24; Job 28:16; Psa 45:9; Isa 13:12. Its locality has been much disputed; it has been identified, at different times, with regions in India, East Africa, and the south coast of Arabia. In the present context it is evidently connected with Arabia.
Havilah ] See Gen 2:11 and Gen 25:18. Possibly a district in north-east Arabia.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 29. See Clarke on Ge 10:26.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Ophir; either that in India, of which see 1Ki 9:28; 10:11; 22:48; or the other in Arabia, of which see Job 22:24; 28:16. See also Psa 45:9; Isa 13:12.
Havilah, a distinct person from him Gen 10:7.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab,…. If several of the sons of Joktan went into India, as the Arabs say, one would be tempted to think that Ophir in India, whither Solomon sent his ships once in three years, had its name from the first of these;
[See comments on Ge 10:26] but as this would be carrying him too far from the rest of his brethren, who appear to have settled in Arabia, some place must be found for him there; and yet there is none in which there is any likeness of the name, unless Coper can be thought to be, a village in the country of the Cinaedocolpites, on the Arabian Gulf, as in Ptolemy f, or Ogyris, an island in the same sea, Pliny g makes mention of the same with the Organa of Ptolemy h, placed by him on the Sachalite bay; wherefore Bochart i looks out elsewhere for a seat for this Ophir, or “Oupheir”, as in the Septuagint version, and finding in a fragment of Eupolemus, preserved by Eusebius k, mention made of the island of Ourphe, which he thinks should be Ouphre, or Uphre, situated in the Red sea, seems willing to have it to be the seat of this man and his posterity, and that it had its name from him; or that their seat was among the Cassanites or Gassandae, the same perhaps with the tribe of Ghassan, Aupher and Chasan signifying much the same, even great abundance and treasure: Havilah, next mentioned, is different from Havilah, the son of Cush, Ge 10:7 and so his country; but it is difficult where to fix him; one would rather think that the Avalite bay, emporium, and people, should take their name from him than from Obal, Ge 10:28 but Bochart l chooses to place him and his posterity in Chaulan, a country in Arabia Felix, in the extreme part of Cassanitis, near the Sabaeans: and Jobab, the last of Joktan’s sons, was the father of the Jobabites, called by Ptolemy m Jobarites, corruptly for Jobabites, as Salmasius and Bochart think; and who are placed by the above geographer near the Sachalites in Arabia Felix, whose country was full of deserts, as Jobab in Arabic signifies, so Bochart n observes, as the countries above the Sachalite bay were, by which these Jobabites are placed:
all these were the sons of Joktan; the thirteen before mentioned, all which had their dwelling in Arabia or near it, and which is further described in the following verse.
f Geograph. l. 6. c. 7. g Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 28. h Ut supra. (Geograph. l. 6. c. 7.) i Phaleg. l. 2. c. 27. k Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 30. p. 457. l Ut supra, (Phaleg. l. 2.) c. 20. m Ut supra. (Geograph. l. 6. c. 7.) n Ut supra, (Phaleg. l. 2.) c. 29.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
29. Ophir A land celebrated in Solomon’s time for its trade in gold, gems, apes, and peacocks . Probably it was a port in Arabia on the Red Sea, although some assign it to India . There is an El-Ophir in the modern Oman or Omaun, east Arabia .
Havilah A district of north Yemen. There was also a Cushite Havilah. See Gen 10:7, and note on Cush.
Jobab Not identified, but supposed by Bochart and others to be in Arabia Deserta.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Ophir: 1Ki 9:28, 1Ki 22:48, 1Ch 8:18, 1Ch 9:10, 1Ch 9:13, Job 22:24, Job 28:16, Psa 45:9, Isa 13:12
Havilah: Gen 2:11, Gen 25:18, 1Sa 15:7
Reciprocal: 1Ch 1:23 – Ophir 1Ch 1:45 – Jobab