In one case, Havilah is associated with the Garden of Eden, that mentioned in the Book of Genesis (2:10–11):
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became int… See more

In extra-biblical literature, the land of Havilah is mentioned in Pseudo-Philo as the source of the precious jewels that the Amorites used in fashioning their idols in the days after Joshua, when Kenaz was judge over the Isr… See more

W.F. Albright, in the 1922 publication The Location Of The Garden Of Eden, states:
The Havilah of Genesis, chapter 2, refers certainly to the African Havilah, rather than to the Asiatic Havilah which lay opposite, since it is s… See more