Genesis 11:17

17 And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 11:17

And Eber lived, after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty]
years
All the years of his life were four hundred and sixty four:

and he begat sons and daughters;
one of which is elsewhere mentioned, whose name is Joktan, ( Genesis 10:25 ) according to the above Jewish writer F5, he died in the seventy ninth year of Jacob.


FOOTNOTES:

F5 R. Gedaliah, Shalshalet, fol. 1. 2.

Genesis 11:17 In-Context

15 And Shelah lived after he fathered Eber 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg.
17 And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu.
19 And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
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