Genesis - 11:17



17 Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of sons and daughters.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 11:17.

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And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four hundred and thirty years: and begot sons and daughters.
And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and fathered sons and daughters.
And after he conceived Peleg, Eber lived for four hundred and thirty years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
Et vixit Eber, postquam genuit Peleg, triginta annos et quadringentos annos: et genuit filios et filias.

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Historical Commentaries

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And Eber lived, after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty
years,.... All the years of his life were four hundred and sixty four:
and he begat sons and daughters; one of which is elsewhere mentioned, whose name is Joktan, Genesis 10:25 according to the above Jewish writer (e), he died in the seventy ninth year of Jacob.
(e) R. Gedaliah, Shalshalet, fol. 1. 2.

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