Havilah was a land mentioned in the description of Eden, known for its pure gold, aromatic resin (bdellium), and onyx stone (Gen.2.11-12).
Havilah was a land mentioned in the biblical description of the Garden of Eden. It was situated near the Pishon, one of the four rivers that flowed from Eden (Gen.2.11). Havilah was noted for its valuable resources, including pure gold, bdellium (an aromatic gum resin), and onyx stone (Gen.2.12). The exact location of Havilah is unknown, as the geographical references in the Eden account are challenging to identify with certainty. Some scholars propose that it may have been located in the Arabian Peninsula or near the Persian Gulf, but this remains speculative.
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 the mountains of Edom. (2.) A district in Arabia-Felix. It is uncertain whether the tribe gave its name to this region or derived its name from it, and whether it was originally a Cushite (Gen. 10:7) or a Joktanite tribe (10:29; comp. 25:18), or whether there were both a Cushite and a Joktanite Havilah. It is the opinion of Kalisch, however, that Havilah “in both instances designates the same country, extending at least from the Persian to the Arabian Gulf, and on account of its vast extent easily divided into two distinct parts.” This opinion may be well vindicated. (3.) One of the sons of Cush (Gen. 10:7). (4.) A son of Joktan (Gen. 10:29; 1 Chr. 1:23).
HAV'ILAH, or HAVI'LAH (circle, district), a country abounding in gold, bdellium, and onyx-stone, Gen 2:11. Havilah is mentioned as a boundary of the children of Ishmael, Gen 25:18. Kalisch supposes that it was a country between the Persian and the Arabian gulfs; others hold that the "country of Havilah" in 1 Sam 15:7 refers to the region about Mount Seir, and that it was not probably identical with the Havilah of Gen 2:11. See Eden.
HAV'ILAH, or HAVI'LAH (circle, district), a country abounding in gold, bdellium, and onyx-stone, Gen 2:11. Havilah is mentioned as a boundary of the children of Ishmael, Gen 25:18. Kalisch supposes that it was a country between the Persian and the Arabian gulfs; others hold that the "country of Havilah" in 1 Sam 15:7 refers to the region about Mount Seir, and that it was not probably identical with the Havilah of Gen 2:11. See Eden.
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1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H2341
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
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