Genesis 11:18
in Genesis 11When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
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ASV
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
KJV
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
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This verse in Genesis 11
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When Eber was 34 years old
on Genesis 11:16-19
Eber lived 464 years, and his son Peleg 239. The lifespan halves in one generation, and it 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, and the line runs Eber to Peleg to Reu.
This site's exposition
When Peleg was 30 years old
Peleg's name is explained at 10:25, where the earth was divided in his days. Jubilees opens its account of the tower with Peleg's marriage and the birth of his son, so it sets Babel in this generation. Reu is that son.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
But Heber lived thirty-four years and begot Phaleg. The seventy interpreters have it one hundred and thirty-four.
Indeed, Phaleg lived thirty years and begot Reu. The seventy interpreters have it one hundred and thirty.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu.
The words behind it
7 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 |
| פֶ֖לֶג | feleg | Peleg | H6389 → | 7 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים | sheloshim | 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 |
| רְעֽוּ׃ | reu | Reu | H7466 → | 5 times |
וַֽיְחִי־and he lived
vaychi-H2421 →282 times
פֶ֖לֶגPeleg
felegH6389 →7 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
רְעֽוּ׃Reu
reuH7466 →5 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 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
Luke 3:35the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
it leads to
- Genesis 10:24–25
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
- Genesis 11:12–21
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
- Genesis 10:24–25
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About Genesis
This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Book of Jubilees, Book of Jubilees, Charles' 1913 translation; 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).