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Person

Eber (Heber)

Also called Heber

Mentioned in 12 verses across 4 books, first in Numbers 24:24. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

At a glance

Name

Eber

Gender

Male

Ussher–Jones reckoning

born c. 2281 BC · died c. 1817 BC

F. N. Jones’s Ussher-style chronology, used by Theographic: one of several traditional counts, added up from the ages and reigns in the Hebrew text. The Jewish count (Seder Olam) and the Septuagint’s figures differ from it, for early Genesis by centuries. Not a scholarly date.

Most early-Genesis dates are not historically established: they are reckoned from the ages in the genealogies, and nothing outside the text confirms them.

Group

Genealogy of Jesus

Family

Father

Salah

Children

As the dataset records them from the biblical genealogies.

Often appears with

Named in the same verses most often. Sharing a verse doesn’t always mean they met.

Peleg6 verses
Salah5 verses
Reu2 verses
Arphaxad2 verses
Joktan2 verses
Japheth1 verse
Asshur1 verse
Shem1 verse
Serug1 verse

Places

Where the data places them (born, died, or an event they take part in) first; then places named in the same verses, which does not mean they were there.

Kittim1 shared verse
Asshur1 shared verse

In the Bible

All 1 verse in Numbers, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Numbers

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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Events

Events the dataset lists Eber (Heber) as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. 2281 BC
Birth of EberGenesis 11:14
c. 2281 BC
Lifetime of EberGenesis 11:16–17
c. 2247 BC
Birth of PelegGenesis 11:16
c. 1817 BC
Death of EberGenesis 11:17

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

The third post-duluvian patriach after Shem (Gen. 10:24; 11:14). He is regarded as the founder of the Hebrew race (10:21; Num. 24:24). In Luke 3:35 he is called Heber.

In the Bible

Numbers

Events

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