Person Old Testament
Havilah
Havilah was a son of Joktan, a descendant of Shem, mentioned in the Table of Nations. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 10:29.
Why it matters. A son of Joktan, descendant of Shem.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Havilah
Havilah is mentioned in the Table of Nations in Genesis and 1 Chronicles as a son of Joktan, who was a descendant of Shem, one of Noah's three sons. The Table of Nations is a genealogical record of the descendants of Noah's sons after the Great Flood, representing the known nations and peoples of the ancient world. Joktan's descendants, including Havilah, are associated with the peoples of the Arabian Peninsula. No further information is provided about this Havilah in the Bible. (Gen.10.29; 1Ch.1.23).
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Joktan
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.