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Genesis 10

Gen. 10:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Obal
`Owbal (Hebrew #5745)
Obal, a son of Joktan
KJV usage: Obal.
Pronounce: o-bawl'
Origin: of foreign derivation
, and Abimael
'Abiyma'el (Hebrew #39)
father of Mael (apparently some Arab tribe); Abimael, a son of Joktan
KJV usage: Abimael.
Pronounce: ab-ee-maw-ale'
Origin: from 1 and an elsewhere unused (probably foreign) word
, and Sheba
Shba' (Hebrew #7614)
Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district
KJV usage: Sheba, Sabeans.
Pronounce: sheb-aw'
Origin: of foreign origin
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Abimael,
Obal,
Sheba

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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A.M. cir. 1797.
B.C. cir. 2207.
Gen. 25:3• 3And Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan; and Dedan's sons were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim; (Gen. 25:3)
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1 Kings 10:1• 1And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon in connection with the name of Jehovah, and came to prove him with enigmas. (1 Kings 10:1)
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1 Chron. 1:20‑28• 20And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
 21and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
 22and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
 23and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were sons of Joktan.
 24Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
 25Eber, Peleg, Reu,
 26Serug, Nahor, Terah,
 27Abram: the same is Abraham.
 28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. (1 Chron. 1:20‑28)
• The settlement which thus recalls the founder {Obal} was on the African side of the Red sea, not in Arabia. (“Genesis 10:28” by W. Kelly)
• Abimael (“father of Mael,” taken as an appellative, “fatness”) is to be found, it would seem, on the east of Yembo (Jambia) and even of the town Ausura (C. Ptolemy) or El-Szafra of Burckhardt. Their town is called both Malai and Kheyf....The people of Mali or Malai seem no other than the Malichae. To this day the district has a high reputation for its balsam. (“Genesis 10:28” by W. Kelly)
• Sheba needs the greater care because in the inspired history we hear of no less than three heads of tribes who bore the name, the tenth of Joktan's sons now in question, preceded by the Cushite Raamah's son (ver. 7), and followed by the Abrahamic son of Keturah, Jokshan, who begat another Sheba (xxv. 2, 3). (“Genesis 10:28” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

W. Kelly Translation

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and Obal and Abimael and Sheba,