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| - Peleg was one of the two sons of Eber, an ancestor of the Israelites. Peleg's son was Reu when Peleg was thirty, and he had other sons and daughters. Peleg lived to the age of 239 years .
- Peleg (a descendant of Shem) was the son of Eber, the brother of Joktan, and became the father of Reu at the age of 30. He lived to be 239, when Abraham was 18. In Peleg's time, the Earth was divided (Genesis 10:25; 1 Chronicles 1:19), which may refer to the Tower of Babel (Genesis 10:32-11:9). Greek Orthodox tradition states that Peleg was the ancestor of the Pelasgians, who were native to Greece before the protogreeks (descendants of Javan son of Japeth) invaded around the 20th century BC.
- Peleg (Hebrew: פֶּלֶג / פָּלֶג, Modern Péleg / Páleg Tiberian Péleḡ / Pāleḡ ; "division") is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two sons of Eber, an ancestor of the Israelites, according to the so-called "Table of Nations" in Genesis 10-11 and 1 Chronicles 1. Peleg's son was Reu, born when Peleg was thirty, and he had other sons and daughters. According to the Hebrew Bible, Peleg lived to the age of 239 years. (Genesis 11:16-19) Peleg is a common surname in Israel, also being the root lettering for sailing (lahaflig להפליג) and a military half-bivouac tent (peleg-ohel פלג אוהל).
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| - Peleg was one of the two sons of Eber, an ancestor of the Israelites. Peleg's son was Reu when Peleg was thirty, and he had other sons and daughters. Peleg lived to the age of 239 years .
- Peleg (Hebrew: פֶּלֶג / פָּלֶג, Modern Péleg / Páleg Tiberian Péleḡ / Pāleḡ ; "division") is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two sons of Eber, an ancestor of the Israelites, according to the so-called "Table of Nations" in Genesis 10-11 and 1 Chronicles 1. Peleg's son was Reu, born when Peleg was thirty, and he had other sons and daughters. According to the Hebrew Bible, Peleg lived to the age of 239 years. (Genesis 11:16-19) In the Septuagint and some Christian Bibles derived from it, Peleg is called Phaleg and his father is called Heber. His son is called Ragau, born when Phaleg was 130 years old, and he had other sons and daughters. According to the Septuagint, Phaleg lived to an age of 339 years. (Septuagint Genesis 11:16-19) Modern translations generally use the names and dating as in the Masoretic Hebrew text. (compare Genesis 11:16-19) According to Genesis 10:25 and 1 Chronicles 1:19, it was during the time of Peleg that "the earth was divided" - traditionally, this is often assumed to be just before, during, or after the failure of Nimrod's Tower of Babel. The meaning of the earth being divided has been speculated to be a patriarchal division of the world (or possibly just the eastern hemisphere) among the three sons of Noah for future occupation, as specifically described in the Book of Jubilees. Flavius Josephus (among others) also affirms this interpretation in his Antiquities of the Jews, Book I, Chapter VI, Paragraph 4. Peleg is a common surname in Israel, also being the root lettering for sailing (lahaflig להפליג) and a military half-bivouac tent (peleg-ohel פלג אוהל). Peleg is also the name of one of the owners of the Pequod in Herman Melville's fictional story, Moby-Dick. The meaning of Peleg in English is Brook, a little river.
- Peleg (a descendant of Shem) was the son of Eber, the brother of Joktan, and became the father of Reu at the age of 30. He lived to be 239, when Abraham was 18. In Peleg's time, the Earth was divided (Genesis 10:25; 1 Chronicles 1:19), which may refer to the Tower of Babel (Genesis 10:32-11:9). Greek Orthodox tradition states that Peleg was the ancestor of the Pelasgians, who were native to Greece before the protogreeks (descendants of Javan son of Japeth) invaded around the 20th century BC.
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