Havilah

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[edit] Place

Havilah ("stretch of sand") is a Biblical place-name first mentioned in Genesis 2:11: "The name of the first [river] is the Pishon; it is the one that winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold." There are two other references to a place name Havilah, Genesis 25:18 and 1 Samuel 15:7 <ref name="Place Havilah"> "Genesis 2:11,25:18, 1 Samuel 15:7". Biblegateway.</ref>

Besides gold, Havilah is reported as having bdellium and lapis lazuli.

Havilah is usually associated with northwest Yemen (see the Table of Nations).

[edit] Person

There is also the person(s) Havilah mentioned in Genesis 10:7,29 1 Chronicles 1:9,23 <ref name="Person(s) Havilah"> "Genesis 10:7,29 1 Chronicles 1:9,23". Biblegateway.</ref>