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Eber

descendant of Shem (GEN 10:21), son of Shelah (GEN 10:24)

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Eber (descendant of Shem, son of Shelah)EberGen 10Shelah (son of Arpachshad)ShelahGen 10PelegPelegJoktanJoktan
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Names

  • Eber — עֵבֶר ever “[regions] beyond [the river]” (H5677) · Εβερ Eber (G1443) — Genesis 10:21
  • Heber — עֵבֶר ever “[regions] beyond [the river]” (H5677) · Εβερ Eber (G1443) — Luke 3:35

Family

  • father of Peleg (inferred)
  • father of Joktan (inferred)

Dated events

  • Birth of Eber — 1,725 AH · 2,281 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — Genesis 11:14
  • Death of Eber — 2,189 AH · 1,817 BC (Ussher) · aged 464 — Genesis 11:16

Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.

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