1 Chronicles 1:19
in 1 Chronicles 1Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 1
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
This site's exposition
The sons of Shem
on 1 Chronicles 1:17-27
Shem's line carries a second clause of story, kept from Genesis 10:25: Peleg was named so because in his days the earth was divided. The list then runs from Shem to Abram in ten names, and verse 27 closes the chapter's first movement: and Abram (that is, Abraham).
This site's exposition
One was named Peleg
Peleg means division, and the verse ties his name to the earth being divided in his days. Readers have joined this to Babel in Genesis 11:8 to 9, where the people were scattered over the earth. Joktan's sons come first, in verses 20 to 23.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
), contain the sacred line of Christ from Adam to Abraham, and are inserted in his pedigree, Luke iii. 34-38 , the order ascending as here it descends. This genealogy proves the falsehood of that reproach, As for this man, we know not whence he is.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The name of the one was Peleg - “Because in his days the inhabitants of the earth were divided according to their languages. And the name of his brother was Joktan, because in his days the years of men began to be shortened, on account of their iniquities.” - T.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְעֵ֥בֶר | uleever | and to Eber | H5677 → | 15 times |
| יֻלַּ֖ד | yulad | it was born | H3205 → | 496 times |
| שְׁנֵ֣י | shenei | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| בָנִ֑ים | vanim | sons | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שֵׁ֣ם | shem | [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| הָאֶחָ֞ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| פֶּ֗לֶג | peleg | [was] Peleg | H6389 → | |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בְיָמָיו֙ | veyamav | in days his | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| נִפְלְגָ֣ה | niflegah | it was divided | H6385 → | |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וְשֵׁ֥ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אָחִ֖יו | ʾachiv | brother his | H251 → | 630 times |
| יָקְטָֽן׃ | yaketan | [was] Joktan | H3355 → | 6 times |
וּלְעֵ֥בֶרand to Eber
uleeverH5677 →15 times
יֻלַּ֖דit was born
yuladH3205 →496 times
שְׁנֵ֣יtwo
sheneiH8147 →768 times
בָנִ֑יםsons
vanimH1121 →4930 times
שֵׁ֣ם[the] name of
shemH8034 →864 times
הָאֶחָ֞ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
פֶּ֗לֶג[was] Peleg
pelegH6389 →
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
בְיָמָיו֙in days his
veyamavH3117 →2304 times
נִפְלְגָ֣הit was divided
niflegahH6385 →
הָאָ֔רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
וְשֵׁ֥םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
אָחִ֖יוbrother his
ʾachivH251 →630 times
יָקְטָֽן׃[was] Joktan
yaketanH3355 →6 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 10:25Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
it 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.
- Genesis 10:32
Through
Numbers 24:24Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
it 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…
- Genesis 10:4
Through
Genesis 10:21And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
it 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.”
- Numbers 24:24
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Berean Standard Bible, Genesis 10:25; Berean Standard Bible, Genesis 11:8 to 9; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.