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People of the Bible

Peleg

also called Phalec · 2246 BC – 2007 BC · Genealogy of Jesus

Family

Father
Eber (Heber)
Brothers and sisters
Joktan
Children
Reu

In the story

A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.

  • Birth of Peleg · 2246 BC
  • Lifetime of Peleg · 2246 BC
  • Birth of Reu · 2216 BC
  • Death of Peleg · 2007 BC

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.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 8 verses

Genesis
10:25, 11:16, 11:17, 11:18, 11:19
1 Chronicles
1:19, 1:25
Luke
3:35

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.