Genesis 11:17

17 and Eber lived after that he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat 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 Salah lived after that he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
16 Soothly Eber lived four and thirty years, and (then) begat Peleg;
17 and Eber lived after that he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
18 Also Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu; (And Peleg lived thirty years, and then begat Reu;)
19 and Peleg lived after that he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
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