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Genesis 11:16

in Genesis 11

When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

BSB

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:

This verse in Genesis 11

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This 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 words

Every 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.

  • וַֽיְחִי־and he lived

    vaychi-H2421282 times

  • עֵ֕בֶרEber

    ʾeverH567715 times

  • אַרְבַּ֥עfour

    ʾarba'H702318 times

  • וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםand thirty

    usheloshimH7970172 times

  • שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]

    shanahH8141877 times

  • וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered

    vaiyoledH3205496 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • פָּֽלֶג׃Peleg

    palegH63897 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 10:25

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

    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,

  • Through

    Numbers 24:24

    Ships 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.

  • 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.

    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.

  • Through

    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.

    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.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Tower of Babel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Tower of Babel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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).