Bible Person

Havilah

Meaning: that suffers pain; that brings forth · Male · 2 cross references

This Havilah entry refers to the Joktanite descendant in the table of nations, not to the Cushite Havilah or to the land-name elsewhere in Genesis. He belongs to the broad post-flood mapping of peoples beyond Israel's immediate line. First appears in Gen 10:29.1

AI summary: This Havilah matters because the cross references place him within Joktan's descendants, contributing to Scripture's large-scale ordering of nations and regions. Even without a narrative episode, his name helps extend the biblical geography of peoples in a structured way. Taken together, the material presents this Havilah as a Joktanite ancestral figure whose place supports the remembered spread of nations.1