Chapter 10
Genesis 10:25
RBT Translation:
RBT Paraphrase:
And to the Beyond two builders have been born; the name of the One is Division [Peleg] for in his days the Earth became divided, and his brother’s name is Small/Little.
And to the Beyond two builders have been born; the name of the One is Division [Peleg] for in his days the Earth became divided, and his brother’s name is Small/Little.
LITV Translation:
And two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
And two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
ESV Translation:
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 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.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And to Eber were born two sons, the name of the one, Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother Joktan.
And to Eber were born two sons, the name of the one, Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother Joktan.
Footnotes
| 412 | in his days has the Earth been divided. Another cryptic allusion to Jesus, and more so the consummation of everything. Divided (Strong’s #6385) is from palag meaning to split up. “Swallow up, Master, divide [palag] their tongues, for I have seen violence and dispute in the City. Psalm 55:9 literal “a whole queen having been divided upon herself is made desolate, and a house is falling upon a house.” Luke 11:17 literal See the participle also in Acts 14:4-5, and “those dividing tongues” Acts 2:3. |
| 413 | Joktan. Strong’s #3355, yoqtan. From #6994, qaton, small, insignificant. |