Obal

Obal (meaning inconvenience of old age or stripped bare) was a son of Joktan and a descendant of Shem in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10:28). He is likely the same as Ebal in the parallel list of 1 Chronicles 1:22, the difference reflecting variant spellings in manuscript transmission. As a Joktanite, Obal was an ancestor of one of the Arabian peoples of ancient south Arabia. His name may correspond to a toponym in the Arabian peninsula, though no certain identification has been established.