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There is an Arab tradition that Joktan was the progenitor of all the purest tribes of Southern Arabia. Joktan has been identified with Qahtān (Arabic: قحطان), the ancestral figure of
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Finkelstein, Israel; Silberman, Neil Asher (2007). David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition. Simon & Schuster. p. 171.
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and according to various Bible dictionaries, the name "Hazarmaveth" means "court of death" which reflects a meaning similar to the Arabic folk etymologies of the region.
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Statue of a South Arabian king. According to Arab genealogy, South Arabians descend from Qahtan who is identified with Joktan.
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according to Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan is interpreted as denoting "the south" and it was a fortress to the south of Yemen's
256: 294:'s 1823 map of the descendants of Noah's sons, showing Joktan and his sons as having populated eastern Asia: 627: 327: 358:, which states that Joktan's descendants migrated eastward) suggested that Joktan is the progenitor of the 260: 96: 587: 145: 73: 375: 355: 579: 371: 219:, respectively. In his version, the three princes command all persons to bake bricks for the 571: 212: 374:
supposedly being named after Joktan. One early proponent of this theory was the theologian
456: 264: 247:, in traditional Arab genealogy. Three of Joktan's sons have connections to South Arabia. 235: 134: 111: 87: 45: 433: 359: 347: 307: 220: 611: 208: 58: 583: 200: 181: 119: 115: 575: 420: 363: 252: 157: 268: 141:; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan." 401: 343: 244: 315: 396: 295: 272: 216: 203:'s account (ca. 70), Joktan was first made prince over the children of 189: 177: 165: 153: 149: 137:
10:25 it reads: "And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was
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and into the mountains, to the annoyance of the other two princes.
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is identified as the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Saba.
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Index

Obal
Obal (urban-type settlement)
Hebrew
Modern
Tiberian
Arabic
romanized
Eber
Book of Genesis
1 Chronicles
Hebrew Bible
Shem
Noah
Book of Genesis
Peleg
Genesis 10:26–29
Almodad
Sheleph
Hazarmaveth
Jerah
Hadoram
Uzal
Diklah
Abimael
Sheba
Ophir
Havilah
Jobab
Pseudo-Philo
Shem

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