Genesis 11:16
Hebrew Text— Genesis 11:16Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
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Eber, Peleg, Reu,
The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall come to destruction.”
For ships of Kittim will come against him. Therefore he will be grieved, and will return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and will take action. He will even return, and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant.
In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth—the sons of Noah—and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ship—
The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.
Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the earth after the flood.
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner. They were allies of Abram.
she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “Behold, he has brought a Hebrew in to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim. They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber. He also shall come to destruction.”
Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies: a nation whose language you will not understand,
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
He said, “You shall rejoice no more, you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim. Even there you will have no rest.”
For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.
They have made your oars of the oaks of Bashan. They have made your benches of ivory inlaid in cypress wood from the islands of Kittim.
“Asshur is there with all her company. Her graves are all around her. All of them slain, fallen by the sword;
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. The stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what will happen hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”
The rough male goat is the king of Greece. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go out, behold, the prince of Greece will come.
He will plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.
“When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”
If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
“In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, will stand up.