I. OPHIR, Son of Joktan. Moses says, Gen. x. 26.— 30.that the Dwelling of the Sons of Joktan was extended from Mesha to Sephar, a Mountain of the East. We think Mesha to be Mount Masius in Mesopotamia; and that Mount Sephar is the Country of the Sepharvaites, or Saspires, which divided Media from Cholchis. The Scripture does not acquaint us who were the Descendants of Ophir, nor what particular Province was peopled by him between Mesha and Sephar; but it cannot be doubted that the Country of Ophir, whatever Country that was, was that which was peopled by the Posterity of Ophir Son of Joktan.
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