Genesis 11:16
in Genesis 11When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
KJV
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
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This verse in Genesis 11
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When Eber was 34 years old
on Genesis 11:16-19
Eber lived 464 years in all, and his son Peleg 239. The lifespan halves in one generation and keeps falling down the rest of the list. Abram is called Abram the Hebrew at 14:13, and the word is drawn from Eber's name.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Eber lived thirty four years, and begat Peleg. Of Peleg, see Gill on Gen 10:25.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְחִי־ | vaychi- | and he lived | H2421 → | 282 times |
| עֵ֕בֶר | ʾever | Eber | H5677 → | 15 times |
| אַרְבַּ֥ע | ʾarba' | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים | usheloshim | and thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיּ֖וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פָּֽלֶג׃ | paleg | Peleg | H6389 → | 7 times |
וַֽיְחִי־and he lived
vaychi-H2421 →282 times
עֵ֕בֶרEber
ʾeverH5677 →15 times
אַרְבַּ֥עfour
ʾarba'H702 →318 times
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםand thirty
usheloshimH7970 →172 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
פָּֽלֶג׃Peleg
palegH6389 →7 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
- 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.
- 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,
- 1 Chronicles 1:19
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.
- 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.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 24:24
Through
1 Chronicles 1:19Two 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 10:21
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
- Genesis 10:21
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
