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Genesis 10:28

And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

KJV

et Ebal, et Abimaël, Saba,

Vulgate

καὶ Ἀβιμεὴλ καὶ Σαβεῦ

LXX

and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

ASV

וְ/אֶת עוֹבָ֥ל וְ/אֶת אֲבִֽימָאֵ֖ל וְ/אֶת שְׁבָֽא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

4 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבִימָאֵ֖ל
'bym'l
proper_noun · 2×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
עוֹבָ֥ל
'vbl
proper_noun · 1×
שְׁבָ֥א
shb'
proper_noun · 23×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§56After the unity of the human race was shattered by sin God at once sought to save humanity part by part. the covenant with Noah after the flood gives expression to the principle of the divine economy toward the "nations", in other words, towards men grouped "in their lands, each with (its) own language, by their families, in their nations".9

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 1:22 — And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
  • 1Kgs 10:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.