Peleg
Gender: Male
Years: -2247 - 26
Dictionary Text: Division, one of the sons of Eber; so called because “in his days was the earth divided”. Possibly he may have lived at the time of the dispersion from Babel. But more probably the reference is to the dispersion of the two races which sprang from Eber, the one spreading towards Mesopotamia and Syria, and the other southward into Arabia.
Family Members
- Father: Eber
- Siblings:
- Children:
Verses
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 1:25: Eber, Peleg, Reu,
- Genesis 11:18: And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
- Genesis 11:17: And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
- Luke 3:35: Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
- Genesis 11:19: And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:16: And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: