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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And Eber lived thirty four years, and begat Peleg. Of Peleg, see Gill on Gen 10:25.
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Genesis 11:17
gen 11:17
gen 11:17
gen 11:17And Eber lived, after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty…
We have here a genealogy, not an endless genealogy, for here it ends in Abram, the friend of God, and leads further to Christ, the promised seed, who was the son of Abram, and from Abram the genealogy…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Eber See note on Gen 10:24. Here, as in that passage, the context suggests that a name meaning "the other side" or "across," is most naturally applicable to a country on the east side of the river…