Havilah

For other uses, see Havilah (disambiguation).

Havilah (Biblical Hebrew: חֲוִילָה, romanized: Ḥăwīlā) refers to both a land and people in several books of the Bible; one is mentioned in Genesis 2:10–11, while the other is mentioned in the Generations of Noah (Genesis 10:7).

In Genesis 2:10–11, Havilah is associated with the Garden of Eden. Two individuals named Havilah are listed in the Table of Nations as descendants of Noah. The name also appears in Genesis 25:18, defining the territory of the Ishmaelites. Extrabiblical literature mentions Havilah as the source of precious jewels used by the Amorites.

The exact location of Havilah is debated, with various scholars suggesting southwest of the Arabian Peninsula or northern Somalia.[1][2]

  1. ^ Keane, Augustus Henry (1901). The Gold of Ophir, Whence Brought and by Whom?. E. Stanford. p. 51.
  2. ^ John Marius Wilson, John Parker LAWSON (and WILSON (John Marius)) (1866). A Cyclopædia of Biblical Geography, Biography, Natural History, Etc. [With Illustrations.]. p. 104.