Ophir (Man living at the time of the Patriarchs)

Ophir was a region, likely in southern Arabia or along the Red Sea, famed throughout the ancient world for its fine gold. Solomon's ships, sailing in partnership with Hiram of Tyre, brought back large quantities of gold, precious stones, and rare wood from Ophir, and later biblical poetry uses "gold of Ophir" as shorthand for the finest wealth imaginable. The name also belonged to a son of Joktan in the table of nations, likely the ancestor of a people associated with the region.