Genesis 10:25
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
KJV
Natique sunt Heber filii duo : nomen uni Phaleg, eo quod in diebus ejus divisa sit terra : et nomen fratris ejus Jectan.
Vulgate
καί τῷ Ἔβερ ἐγεννήθησαν δύο υἱοί· ὄνομα τῷ ἑνὶ Φάλεκ, ὅτι ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ διεμερίσθη ἡ γῆ, καὶ ὄνομα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ Ἰεκτάν.
LXX
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
ASV
וּ/לְ/עֵ֥בֶר יֻלַּ֖ד שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֑ים שֵׁ֣ם הָֽ/אֶחָ֞ד פֶּ֗לֶג כִּ֤י בְ/יָמָי/ו֙ נִפְלְגָ֣ה הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וְ/שֵׁ֥ם אָחִ֖י/ו יָקְטָֽן
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7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§56After the unity of the human race was shattered by sin God at once sought to save humanity part by part. the covenant with Noah after the flood gives expression to the principle of the divine economy toward the "nations", in other words, towards men grouped "in their lands, each with (its) own language, by their families, in their nations".9
Chapter 10.—Of the Genealogy of Shem, in Whose Line the City of God is Preserved Till the Time of Abraham. It is necessary, therefore, to preserve the series of generations descending from Shem, for the sake of exhibiting the city of God after the flood; as before the flood it was exhibited in the series of generations descending from Seth. And therefore does divine Scripture, …
Chapter 11.—That the Original Language in Use Among Men Was that Which Was Afterwards Called Hebrew, from Heber, in Whose Family It Was Preserved When the Confusion of Tongues Occurred. Wherefore, as the fact of all using one language did not secure the absence of sin-infected men from the race,—for even before the deluge there was one language, and yet all but the single famil…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 1:19 — And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.
- Acts 17:26 — And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
- Deut 32:8 — When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
- Deut 32:8 — When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
- Gen 10:21 — Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
- Gen 10:32 — These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
- Gen 11:8 — So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
- Gen 11:9 — Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
- Gen 11:16 — And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
- Luke 3:35 — Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,