Genesis 10:28

And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba. The first of these, Obal, or Aubal, as the Arabs pronounce, Bochart (t) is obliged to make his posterity pass over the straits of the Arabian Gulf out of Arabia Felix…

- XXXIII. Shem 21. אבר 'eber, “‘Eber, yonder side; verb: pass, cross.” 22. עילם 'eylām, “‘Elam.” עוּל ‛ûl, “suckle.” עלם ‛ālam, “hide; be mature.” ארפכשׁד 'arpakshad, “Arpakshad.” כשׂד ארף 'arp…

Two things especially are observable in this account of the posterity of Shem: -

I. The description of Shem, Gen 10:21. We have not only his name, Shem, which signifies a name, but two titles to…

Obal In 1Ch 1:22 Ebal, where LXX Cod. B omits. Here several MSS. of the LXX omit the name.

Sheba See also Gen 10:7: presumably the Sabeans of south-west Arabia whose extant inscriptions shew that at…