1 Chronicles 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.
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Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
The name of the one was Peleg - "Because in his days the inhabitants of the earth were divided according to their languages. And the name of his brother was Joktan, because in his days the years of…
This paragraph has Adam for its first word and Abraham for its last. Between the creation of the former and the birth of the latter were 2000 years, almost the one-half of which time Adam himself…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the earth was divided i.e. there was a great dispersion of the population of the earth. Pelegmeans "Separation" or "Division."
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