OBAL

(Oʹbal).

The 8th listed of Joktan’s 13 sons, each of whom founded one of the 70 post-Flood families; descendant of Shem. Exactly where the tribe of Obal settled is uncertain, but similar names occur in Yemenite SW Arabia.​—Ge 10:21, 25-30; 1Ch 1:20, 22.