Havilah was far to the south, on the Persian Gulf. (See Genesis 10:29.)

Shur. —This was their western limit…

He died in the presence of all his brethren. Most commentators understand this to refer to his death, as if Moses had said that I…

And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur That is, the posterity of Ishmael, whose country reached from one place to the othe…

Ishmael had twelve sons, whose families became distinct tribes. They peopled a very large country that lay between Egypt and Assyria, called Arabia…