Genesis 11:17

17 After Eber had Peleg, he lived 403 more 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 After Shelah had Eber, he lived 403 more years and had other sons and daughters.
16 When Eber was thirty-four years old, he had Peleg.
17 After Eber had Peleg, he lived 403 more years and had other sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg was thirty years old, he had Reu.
19 After he had Reu, he lived 209 more years and had other sons and daughters.
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