Joktan

Gender: Male

Years: -2247 - -2207

Dictionary Text: Little, the second of the two sons of Eber;. There is an Arab tradition that Joktan was the progenitor of all the purest tribes of Central and Southern Arabia.

Family Members

• Father: Eber
• Siblings:
  • Peleg
• Children:
  • Abimael
  • Jobab
  • Ebal
  • Uzal
  • Jerah
  • Ophir
  • Havilah
  • Hazarmaveth
  • Sheba
  • Diklah
  • Sheleph
  • Almodad
  • Hadoram

Verses

• Genesis 10:26: And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
• Genesis 10:25: And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
• 1 Chronicles 1:19: And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.
• Genesis 10:29: And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
• 1 Chronicles 1:23: And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
• 1 Chronicles 1:20: And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,