Topic
Joktan
7 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 10:25Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Son of Eber
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:19Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Son of Eber
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.
- Genesis 10:26ISBE · Nave Son of Eber
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
- Genesis 10:29ISBE · Nave Son of Eber
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:20ISBE · Nave Son of Eber
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
- 1 Chronicles 1:23ISBE · Nave Son of Eber
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- Genesis 10:30Smith
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
Little, the second of the two sons of Eber (Gen. 10:25; 1 Chr. 1:19). There is an Arab tradition that Joktan (Arab. Kahtan) was the progenitor of all the purest tribes of Central and Southern Arabia.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.