Ophir

Ophir (meaning "reducing to ashes") was the eleventh son of Joktan, according to.

Descendants
Ophir's descendants are clearly difficult to trace and many of them seem to have disappeared having melted into the local south Arabian population.

Location of Ophir
A potsherd discovered at Tell Qasile has inscribed on it: ("Gold of Ophir for Beth-Horon"). This proves that the fabulous land of Ophir existed. This also proves that the Bible does not fabricate places or events. Ophir was real, it existed.

Wherever Ophir was, it was a place of gold mines, various Scriptures point out:

The above scriptures clearly indicate that "Ophir" was a place abundant in gold. The New Bible Commentary itself mentions southwest Arabia, Punt on the Red Sea, Zimbabwe, and India as possibilities. The three most popular theories for the location of Ophir is south-west Arabia, Zimbabwe, and Afghanistan or north-west India. The Septuagint renders Ophir as which is the same as, the Coptic name for India. Soupara is an ancient city on the west coast of India, near Goa. All the goods of are more or less appropriate to India.