Footnotes

1. Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Seba settled in Upper Egypt along the Nile.
2. Genesis 10:7 sn The Hebrew name Havilah apparently means “stretch of sand” (see HALOT 297 s.v. חֲוִילָה). Havilah’s descendants settled in eastern Arabia.
3. Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Sabtah settled near the western shore of the Persian Gulf in ancient Hadhramaut.
4. Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Raamah settled in southwest Arabia.
5. Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Sabteca settled in Samudake, east toward the Persian Gulf.
6. Genesis 10:7 sn Sheba became the name of a kingdom in southwest Arabia.
7. Genesis 10:7 sn The name Dedan is associated with ʿUla in northern Arabia.