Havilah

Havilah Scripture - Genesis 10:7

And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan....

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Havilah Scripture - Genesis 25:18

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....

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Havilah Scripture - 1 Samuel 15:7

And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah [until] thou comest to Shur, that [is] over against Egypt....

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Havilah in Wikipedia

(literally meaning "Stretch of Sand") is the name of various lands and/or people mentioned in the Bible. The first mention is in Genesis 2:11 in relation to the Garden of Eden: "The name of the first [river] is the Pishon; it is the one that winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold". Havilah is known for its abundance. In ...

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Havilah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the sand region. (1.) A land mentioned in Gen. 2:11 rich in gold and bdellium and onyx stone. The question as to the locality of this region has given rise to a great diversity of opinion. It may perhaps be identified with the sandy tract which skirts Babylonia along the whole of its western border, stretching from the lower Euphrates to ...

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Havilah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Genesis 10:7. 2. Descendants of Havilah, son of Cush, probably intermingled with the descendants of Havilah the Joktanite Havilah. So one people was formed, occupying Khawlan, the fertile region in the N.W. portion of Yemen or Arabia Felix. The Joktanite settlement was probably the earliest, the Arabs tracing the name Khawlan (which is an...

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Havilah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

that suffers pain; that brings forth...

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Havilah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Cush Ge 10:7; 1Ch 1:9 -2. A son of Joktan Ge 10:29; 1Ch 1:23 -3. An unknown region Ge 2:11 -4. A district east of Amalek Ge 25:18; 1Sa 15:7...

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Havilah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(circle). 1. A son of Cush. Ge 10:7 2. A son of Joktan. Ge 10:29...

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Havilah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

hav'-i-la (chawilah; Heuila): (1) Son of Cush (Gen 10:7; 1 Ch 1:9). (2) Son of Yoktan, descendant of Shem (Gen 10:29; 1 Ch 1:23). (3) Mentioned with Shur as one of the limits of the territory of the Ishmaelites (Gen 25:18); compare the same limits of the land of the Amalekites (1 Sam 15:7), where, however, the text is doubtful. It is described ...

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