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Person

Peleg

Also called Phalec

Mentioned in 8 verses across 3 books, first in Genesis 10:25. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

All 8 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Genesis

  • 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.

  • Genesis 11:16

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

  • Genesis 11:17

    And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

  • Genesis 11:18

    When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.

  • Genesis 11:19

    And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

1 Chronicles

  • 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:25

    Eber, Peleg, Reu,

Luke

  • Luke 3:35

    the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

Events

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

  1. c. 2247 BC
    Birth of PelegGenesis 11:16
  2. c. 2247 BC
    Lifetime of PelegGenesis 11:18–19
  3. c. 2217 BC
    Birth of ReuGenesis 11:18
  4. c. 2008 BC
    Death of PelegGenesis 11:19

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

Division, one of the sons of Eber; so called because “in his days was the earth divided” (Gen. 10:25). Possibly he may have lived at the time of the dispersion from Babel. But more probably the reference is to the dispersion of the two races which sprang from Eber, the one spreading towards Mesopotamia and Syria, and the other southward into Arabia.

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