Genesis 10:28Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

I have been unable to discover the current names of these thirteen nations. Given their distance from us, they either still use their original names or we are unaware of the names they have since adopted. They governed the entire region of India known as Jeriah, starting from the river Kophen.

Oval. Bochart locates this tribe in Africa, opposite Arabia, where the port of Avalit once existed. Avimael. Bochart suggests that he is the progenitor of the Malites, which Theophrastus includes among the four nations of blissful Arabia, renowned for its incense. Sheva. According to Bochart, this tribe is thought to be situated between the Minaeans and the Katavans near the Red Sea.