1 Chronicles 1:19 BSB

1 Chronicles 1:19

Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

BSB

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ASV

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

KJV

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The great promise of the Messiah (says bishop Patrick) was translated from Adam to Seth, from him to Shem, from him to Eber, and so to the Hebrew nation, who were entrusted, above all nations, with that sacred treasure, till the promise was performed and the Messiah had come, and then that nation was made not a people.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּלְעֵ֥בֶר	u.le.'E.ver	and to Eber	H5677 →
יֻלַּ֖ד	yu.Lad	it was born	H3205 →
שְׁנֵ֣י	she.Nei	two	H8147 →
בָנִ֑ים	va.Nim	sons	H1121 →
שֵׁ֣ם	shem	[the] name of	H8034 →
הָאֶחָ֞ד	ha.'e.Chad	<the> one	H259 →
פֶּ֗לֶג	Pe.leg	[was] Peleg	H6389 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
בְיָמָיו֙	ve.ya.Mav	in days his	H3117 →
נִפְלְגָ֣ה	nif.le.Gah	it was divided	H6385 →
הָאָ֔רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
וְשֵׁ֥ם	ve.Shem	and [the] name of	H8034 →
אָחִ֖יו	'a.Chiv	brother his	H251 →
יָקְטָֽן׃	ya.ke.Tan	[was] Joktan	H3355 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 10:25
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
leads to
- Genesis 10:32
  All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
- Deuteronomy 32:8
  When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
- Acts 17:26
  From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
- Luke 3:35–36
  the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
- Genesis 11:16–19
  When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
Through
Numbers 24:24
Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
leads to
- Genesis 10:4
  And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
- Daniel 10:20
  “Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greece…
Through
Genesis 10:21
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
leads to
- Numbers 24:24
  Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Chronicles