Difference between revisions of "Peleg"

<p> (Heb. id. פֶּלֶג, ''Division;'' Sept. Φαλέγ v. r. Φαλέκ, Φαλέχ; Josephus, Φάλεκος, Ant. 1:6, 5), the son of Eber, and father of [[Reu]] (&nbsp;Genesis 11:16-19). B.C. 24152176. He was the elder brother of Joktan, and the fourth in descent from Shem. This name is said to have been given him "because in his days was the earth divided" (&nbsp;Genesis 10:25; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:19). This notice is usually thought to refer, not to the general dispersion of the human family subsequently to the Deluge, but to a division of the family of Eber himself, the younger branch of whom (the Joktanids) migrated into southern Arabia, while the elder remained in Mesopotamia. The name Phaliga occurs for a town at the junction of the Chaboras with the Euphrates; but the late date of the author who mentions the name (Isidorus of Charax) prevents any great stress being laid upon it. The separation of the Joktanids from the stock whence the Hebrews sprang finds a place in the [[Mosaic]] table, as marking an epoch in the age immediately succeeding the Deluge. According to others, however, the name indicates a mere earthquake, or at most an actual division of the earth in some geological convulsion, in which islands and continents were separated and formed by volcanic agency, and followed by extensive emigrations (&nbsp;Genesis 9:19; &nbsp;Genesis 10:32; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 32:8-9). Peleg is called [[Phalec]] (Φαλέκ ) in the New Test. (&nbsp;Luke 3:35). (See [[Dispersion]] Of Nations). </p>

<p> ''''' pē´leg ''''' ( פּלג , <i> ''''' pelegh ''''' </i> , "watercourse," "division"): A son of Eber, and brother of Joktan. The derivation of the name is given: "for in his days was the earth divided" ( <i> ''''' niphleghāh ''''' </i> ) (&nbsp; Genesis 10:25; compare &nbsp;Luke 3:35 , the King James Version "Phalec"). This probably refers to the scattering of the world's population and the confounding of its language recorded in &nbsp;Genesis 11:1-9 . In [[Aramaic]] <i> '''''pelagh''''' </i> and Arabic <i> '''''phalaj''''' </i> mean "division"; in [[Hebrew]] <i> '''''pelegh''''' </i> means "watercourse." The name may really be due to the occupation by this people of some well-watered (furrowed), district (e.g. in Babylonia), for these patronymics represent races, and the derivation in &nbsp;Genesis 10:25 is a later editor's remark. </p>