Bible Strands
Peleg
the name means earthquake Strong's Lexicon
Peleg, a descendant of Shem and ancestor of Abraham, during whose time the earth was divided.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
Family
Parents
Eber
Children
Reu
Siblings
Joktan
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at Genesis 10:25.
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Verses that name Peleg
- 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 1:19 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 3:35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,