And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches5
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Genesis 10:25Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
leads to
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
Through
Numbers 24:24Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
leads to
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
Through
Genesis 10:21And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
leads to
Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Chronicles 1:19Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
leads to
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
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