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hav´i - la ( חוילה , ḥăwı̄lāh ; Εὑιλά , Heuilá ):

(1) Son of Cush (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9 ).

(2) Son of Yoktan, descendant of Shem (Genesis 10:29; 1 Chronicles 1:23 ).

(3) Mentioned with Shur as one of the limits of the territory of the Ishmaelites (Genesis 25:18 ); compare the same limits of the land of the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:7 ), where, however, the text is doubtful. It is described (Genesis 2:11 , Genesis 2:12 ) as bounded by the river Pishon and as being rich in gold, bdellium and "shoham-stone" (English Version of the Bible, "onyx"). The shoham-stone was perhaps the Assyrian samtu , probably the malachite or turquoise. The mention of a Cushite Havilah is explained by the fact that the Arabian tribes at an early time migrated to the coast of Africa. The context of Genesis 10:7 thus favors situation on the Ethiopian shore, and the name is perhaps preserved in the kolpos Aualites and in the tribe Abalitai on the South side of the straits of Babel -Mandeb . Or possibly a trace of the name appears in the classical Aualis, now Zeila‛ in Somaliland. But its occurrence among the Yoktanite Arabs (Genesis 10:29 ) suggests a location in Arabia. South Arabian inscriptions mention a district of Khaulan (Ḥaulan ), and a place of this name is found both in Tihāma and Southeast of San‛ā ). Again Strabo's Chaulotaioi and Ḥuwaila in Bahrein point to a district on the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf. No exact identification has yet been made.