Genesis 11:17

17 And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he fathered Peleg, and he fathered [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 four hundred and three years after he fathered Eber, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.
16 When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he fathered Peleg.
17 And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he fathered Peleg, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg had lived thirty years, he fathered Reu.
19 And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he fathered Reu, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.
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