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10 name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah; and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah; and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba; and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah; Eber, Peleg, Reu; Serug, Nahor, Terah; Abram (the same is Abraham). The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, Mishma, and Dumah, Massa; Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

Peleg] see below on ver. 25.

20. Joktan begat Almodad] All the names of the sons of Joktan here given, so far as they have been identified, represent peoples situated in S. Arabia or on the W. coast of the Red Sea lying over against S. Arabia. The only familiar name is that of the unidentified Ophir, which possibly but not certainly may be the "El Dorado" to which Solomon sent his fleet for gold.

24—27.&emsp;

These verses are compressed within the smallest limits from Gen. xi. 10—26. For another example of this extreme abbreviation compare vv. 1—4 (= Gen. v. 3—32).

25. Peleg] the name perhaps signifies "Division" (see ver. 19), and may refer to some great period of migration among the Semitic tribes.

28—31.&emsp; (= Gen. xxv. 12—16).

29. Nebaioth] Cp. Is. lx. 7.

Kedar] Is. xxi. 13—17.

30. Dumah] Is. xxi. 11.

Massa] Prov. xxxi. 1 (R.V. marg.).

Hadad] The name begins with the Heb. letter Ḥēth and therefore differs from the Hadad of ver. 46 and of ver. 50 and of 2 Chr. xvi. 2 in which the first letter is Hē, a softer guttural than Ḥeth.

Tema] Is. xxi. 14.

31. Jetur, Naphish] cp. v. 18—22.