Genesis 11:16

Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.

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WEBBE

Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.

BSB

When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

KJV

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

ASV

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

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וַיְחִי־ vay·chi- and he lived H2421 עֵבֶר 'e·ver Eber H5677 אַרְבַּע 'ar·ba' four H702 וּשְׁלֹשִׁים u·she·lo·shim and thirty H7970 שָׁנָה sha·nah year[s] H8141 וַיּוֹלֶד vai·yo·led and he fathered H3205 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 פָּלֶג pa·leg Peleg H6389

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 10–26

Here is a genealogy, or list of names, ending in Abram, the friend of God, and thus leading towards Christ, the promised Seed, who was the son of Abram. Nothing is left upon record but their names and ages; the Holy Ghost seeming to hasten through them to the history of Abram. How little do we know of those that are gone before us in this world, even of those that lived in the same places where we live, as we likewise know little of those who now live in distant places! We have enough to do to mind our own work. When the earth began to be peopled, men's lives began to shorten; this was the wise disposal of Providence.

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Eber Peleg

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Longevity Peleg

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.