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Son of Eber and father of Reu (Gn 10:25; 11:16-19; 1 Chr 1:19, 25 OET CH1 1:19 · OET CH1 1:25; Lk 3:35). During his lifetime, the earth was divided (Peleg means “division” or “watercourse”). Precisely what the division refers to is still debated. Suggestions include (1) the geographical and linguistic dispersion following the Tower of Babel fiasco (Gn 11:1-9); (2) dispersion of Noah’s descendants; (3) separation of the people of Arphaxad from Joktanide Arabs (Gn 10:24-29); and (4) the division of land by irrigation canals (the term is so used in Jb 29:6; 38:25; Is 30:25; 32:2). The origin of the name is usually traced to the city of Phalga, north of the junction of the Euphrates and Khabur rivers.

Show passage in OET: GEN 10:25

OET-RV GEN 10:25

25 Ever’s two sons were Peleg and Yaketan. (Peleg’s name means ‘division’, because it was during his lifetime that the earth was divided.)

OET-LV GEN 10:25

25 And_to_ˊĒⱱēr two _of sons it _was _born the _name _of the_one was_Peleg if/because in_days _of_his the_earth/land it _was _divided and_name _of his/its_brother was_Yoqţān/(Joktan).

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:16–19

OET-RV GEN 11:16

16 When Ever was thirty-four years old, he had a son named Peleg.

OET-RV GEN 11:17

17 After Peleg was born, Ever lived another 430 years and had other sons and daughters

OET-RV GEN 11:18

18 When Peleg was thirty years old, he had a son named Re’u.

OET-RV GEN 11:19

19 After Re’u was born, Peleg lived another 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

OET-LV GEN 11:16

16 And_ ˊĒⱱēr _he/it _lived four and_thirty year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM Peleg.

OET-LV GEN 11:17

17 And_ ˊĒⱱēr _he/it _lived after fathering_by _him/it DOM Peleg thirty year[s] and_four hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters.

OET-LV GEN 11:18

18 And_ Peleg _he/it _lived thirty year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM Rəˊū.

OET-LV GEN 11:19

19 And_ Peleg _he/it _lived after fathering_by _him/it DOM Rəˊū nine years and_two _hundreds year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters.

Show passage in OET: CH1 1:19; CH1 1:25

OET-RV CH1 1:19

19 Ever had two sons: Peleg (which sounds like the Hebrew word for ‘divided’, because in his lifetime, the earth was divided) and Yaketan.

OET-RV CH1 1:25

25 Ever, Peleg, Re’u,

OET-LV CH1 1:19

19 And_to_ˊĒⱱēr two _of sons it _was _born the _name _of the_one was_Peleg if/because in_days _of_his the_earth/land it _was _divided and_name _of his/its_brother was_Yoqţān/(Joktan).

OET-LV CH1 1:25

25 ˊĒⱱēr Peleg Rəˊū.

Show passage in OET: LUK 3:35

OET-RV LUK 3:35

35 the son of Serug, the son of Re’u, the son of Peleg, the son of Ever, the son of Shelah,

OET-LV LUK 3:35

35 the son of _Serouⱪ/(Sərūg), the son of _Ɽagau/(Rəˊū), the son of _Falek/(Feleg), the son of _Heber/(ˊĒⱱēr), the son of _Sala/(Shelaḩ),

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:1–9

OET-RV GEN 11:1

11 Now the whole world had a single language and the same words,

OET-RV GEN 11:2

2 and as they migrated from the east, they discovered a plain in the Shin’ar region and settled there.

OET-RV GEN 11:3

3 Then they said to each other, “Come on, let’s make bricks and cure them with fire.” So they had bricks instead of stones, and they had tar for mortar.

OET-RV GEN 11:4

4 Then they said, “Come on, let’s build a city for ourselves and a tower with its top in the sky, and let’s make a reputation for ourselves, so that we don’t get scattered all over the whole earth.”

OET-RV GEN 11:5

5 Then Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower that the humans were building

OET-RV GEN 11:6

6 and he said, “Look, they’re just one people group, and they all speak the same language. This is only the beginning of what they can do together—soon they’ll be capable of doing anything they plan to do.

OET-RV GEN 11:7

7 Come on then, let’s go down and confuse their language so that they won’t be able to understand each other’s words.”

OET-RV GEN 11:8

8 ⇔So then they stopped building the city and Yahweh caused them to scatter over the whole world.

OET-RV GEN 11:9

9 That’s why they named the city ‘Bavel’ (meaning ‘mixed-up’) because it was there that Yahweh mixed up everyone’s language and then scattered them over the whole world.

OET-LV GEN 11:1

11 And_ all _of the_earth/land _he/it _was language one and_words/messages one(s).

OET-LV GEN 11:2

2 And_he/it _was on_their_pulling _out from_east and_they _found a _plain in_land of _Shinˊār and_they _lived there.

OET-LV GEN 11:3

3 And_they _said each to his/its_neighbour come_NOW let _us _make _bricks bricks and_let _us _burn to_burning and_it _became to/for_them the_brick to_stone and_the_bitumen it _became to/for_them to_mortar.

OET-LV GEN 11:4

4 And_they _said come_NOW let _us _build to/for_ourselves a _city and_(a)_tower and_its_top in_the _heavens and_we _may _make to/for_ourselves a _name lest we _should _be _scattered over the _surface _of all _of the_earth/land.

OET-LV GEN 11:5

5 And_ YHWH _he/it _descended for_seeing DOM the_city and_DOM the_tower which the _children _of the_humankind they _had _built.

OET-LV GEN 11:6

6 And_ YHWH _he/it _said HERE a _people one and_(a)_language one to/for_all_them and_this their_beginning for_doing and_now not it _will _be _withheld from_them all that they _will _plan for_doing.

OET-LV GEN 11:7

7 Come_NOW let _us _go _down and_let _us _confuse there their_language that not they _will _hear each the _language _of his/its_neighbour.

OET-LV GEN 11:8

8 And_ YHWH _he/it _scattered DOM_them from_there over the _surface _of all _of the_earth/land and_they _stopped to_build the_city.

OET-LV GEN 11:9

9 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone _called his/its_name Bāⱱel if/because there YHWH he _confused the _language _of all _of the_earth/land and_from_there he/it _scattered_them YHWH over the _surface _of all _of the_earth/land.

Show passage in OET: GEN 10:24–29

OET-RV GEN 10:24

24 Arpakshad fathered Shelah, then Shelah fathered Ever.

OET-RV GEN 10:25

25 Ever’s two sons were Peleg and Yaketan. (Peleg’s name means ‘division’, because it was during his lifetime that the earth was divided.)

OET-RV GEN 10:26

26 Yaketan fathered Almodad, Shelef, Hatsarmavet, Yerah,

OET-RV GEN 10:27

27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

OET-RV GEN 10:28

28 Oval, Avimael, Sheva,

OET-RV GEN 10:29

29 Ofir, Havilah, and Yovav. (All of those were the sons of Yaketan.)

OET-LV GEN 10:24

24 And_Arpakshad he _fathered DOM Shelaḩ and_Shelaḩ he _fathered DOM ˊĒⱱēr.

OET-LV GEN 10:25

25 And_to_ˊĒⱱēr two _of sons it _was _born the _name _of the_one was_Peleg if/because in_days _of_his the_earth/land it _was _divided and_name _of his/its_brother was_Yoqţān/(Joktan).

OET-LV GEN 10:26

26 And_Yoqţān he _fathered DOM ʼAlmōdād and_DOM Shelef and_DOM Hazarmaveth and_DOM Yeraḩ/(Jerah).

OET-LV GEN 10:27

27 And_DOM Hₐdōrām and_DOM ʼŪzāl and_DOM Diqlāh.

OET-LV GEN 10:28

28 And_DOM Obal and_DOM ʼAⱱīmā^ʼēl and_DOM Shəⱱāʼ.

OET-LV GEN 10:29

29 And_DOM ʼŌfīr and_DOM Ḩₐvīlāh and_DOM Yōⱱāⱱ/(Jobab) all _of these were_the _sons _of Yoqţān.

Show passage in OET: JOB 29:6

OET-RV JOB 29:6

6 When my path was greased with butter,
⇔ ≈ and the rock poured streams of olive oil out for me.

OET-LV JOB 29:6

6 When_ steps _of_my _bathed in_curd[s] and_a _rock it _poured _out with_me streams _of oil.

Show passage in OET: JOB 38:25

OET-RV JOB 38:25

25 Who cuts out the channels for the downpours to flow in,
⇔ ≈ and makes the path for thunderbolts?

OET-LV JOB 38:25

25 Who does _he _divide for_flood a _channel and_a _path for_the_storm _of thunder _claps.

Show passage in OET: ISA 30:25

OET-RV ISA 30:25

25 On every high mountain and every substantial hill,
⇔ there’ll be streams flowing with water,
⇔ at the time of much slaughter when fortified towers are defeated.

OET-LV ISA 30:25

25 And_it _was on every _of mountain high and_on every _of hill lifted _up streams watercourses _of water in/on_day slaughter great when_ towers _fall.

Show passage in OET: ISA 32:2

OET-RV ISA 32:2

2 Each of them will be like a hiding place from the wind
⇔ and a shelter in a rainstorm.
⇔ They’ll be like streams in the desert,
⇔ and like the shade from a large rock in an arid land.

OET-LV ISA 32:2

2 And_it _was each like_a _hiding _place _of a _wind and_a _shelter _of a _rainstorm like_streams _of water in_a _dry _land like_the_shadow _of a _rock heavy in_land weary.

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