Havilah

About Havilah Written by AI

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.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Havilah, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

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.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.