Genesis 25:18

Good News Translation

The descendants of Ishmael lived in the territory between Havilah and Shur, to the east of Egypt on the way to Assyria. They lived apart from the other descendants of Abraham.

Cross References

Genesis 10:29

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All of them were descended from Joktan.

Genesis 10:7

The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan.

Genesis 13:10

Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the Lord or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Genesis 14:10

The valley was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah tried to run away from the battle, they fell into the pits; but the other three kings escaped to the mountains.

Genesis 16:12

But your son will live like a wild donkey; he will be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will live apart from all his relatives.”

Genesis 16:7

The angel of the Lord met Hagar at a spring in the desert on the road to Shur

Genesis 2:11

The first river is the Pishon; it flows around the country of Havilah. (

Genesis 20:1

Abraham moved from Mamre to the southern part of Canaan and lived between Kadesh and Shur. Later, while he was living in Gerar,

Genesis 21:14

Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar some food and a leather bag full of water. He put the child on her back and sent her away. She left and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 21:21

His mother got an Egyptian wife for him.

2 Kings 23:29

While Josiah was king, King Neco of Egypt led an army to the Euphrates River to help the emperor of Assyria. King Josiah tried to stop the Egyptian army at Megiddo and was killed in battle.

1 Chronicles 1:23

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.

Psalm 78:64

Priests died by violence, and their widows were not allowed to mourn.

Exodus 15:22

Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea into the desert of Shur. For three days they walked through the desert, but found no water.

Ezekiel 23:23

I will bring all the Babylonians and Chaldeans, men from Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians. I will gather all those handsome young noblemen and officers, all those important officials and high-ranking cavalry officers.

1 Samuel 15:7

Saul defeated the Amalekites, fighting all the way from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt;