Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
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Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
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And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
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And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.
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- Genesis 10:21 Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.
- Genesis 10:25 To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan.
- Numbers 24:24 But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim. They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber. He also shall come to destruction.”
- 1 Chronicles 1:19 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
- Luke 3:35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years,…
Gen 11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
Ver. 16. And begat Peleg.] Whether Peleg were Heber’s firstborn, Buxtorf {a} doubteth and disputeth; but without any just cause. But, cum errat eruditus, errat errore erudito , saith the Arabic proverb. {b}
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{a} Dissertat. 2 Thes 75.
{b} Erpenius. Centuricae duae Prov. Arab., 82.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred…
And Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years,.... In all two hundred and thirty nine, little more than half the age of his father:
and begat sons and daughters; but not named the Arabic writers (g) say he begat Melchizedek the priest, and that he died in the month Elul, A. M. 3126; and a Jewish writer (h) says he died in the forty eighth year of Abraham.
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(g) Elmacinus apud Hottinger. p. 269. (h) R. Gedaliah, ut supra. (Shalshalet, fol. 1. 2.)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. Peleg] See note on Gen_10:25.
16. Peleg] See note on Gen_10:25.
The geographer Kiepert compares a place Φαλιγά at the junction of the tributary Ḥabor with the river Euphrates.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 16, 17. And Eber lived four and thirty…
Vers. 16, 17. And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg. Division; from palag, to divide. For the reason of this cognomen vide. (Gen_10:25) And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years (thus reaching the age of 464, the longest-lived of the postdiluvian fathers) and begat sons and daughters.
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