Bible Strands
Genesis 11:17
And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator continues the Shemite genealogy, recording Eber’s post-fatherhood lifespan and additional offspring immediately after noting his birth of Peleg at age thirty-four.
The words — The text employs וַיְחִי (va.y.chi), literally "and he lived," and עֵבֶר ('E.ver), identifying the patriarch whose remaining years are explicitly quantified.
The thread — This lifespan-and-progeny formula structures the patriarchal records in Genesis 5 and 11, linking each father’s age at firstborn to his total years and subsequent children.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to note Eber’s extended longevity and continued fertility after Peleg’s birth, establishing a chronological anchor for the ancestral line without theological commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.