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Obal

Easton's Dictionary

Stripped, the eight son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28); called also Ebal (1 Chr. 1:22).

Smith's Dictionary

(stripped bare), son of Joktan, and, like the rest of family, apparently the founder of an Arab tribe. (Genesis 10:28) In (1 Chronicles 1:22) the name is written Ebal.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

o'-bal.

See EBAL, 1.

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