Genesis 11 · Verse 17

Genesis 11:17

And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:17, King James Version

Genesis 11:17 in other translations

BSBAnd after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
WEBEber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
ASVand Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
YLTAnd Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
DARBYAnd Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
BBEAnd after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
WebsterAnd Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

What does Genesis 11:17 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 11:10-26

Here is a genealogy, or list of names, ending in Abram, the friend of God, and thus leading towards Christ, the promised Seed, who was the son of Abram. Nothing is left upon record but their names and ages; the Holy Ghost seeming to hasten through them to the history of Abram. How little do we know of those that are gone before us in this world, even of those that lived in the same places where we live, as we…

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Genesis 11:17 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיְחִי\־vay.chi-and he livedH2421
עֵ֗בֶר'E.verEberH5677
אַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiafterH310
הוֹלִיד֣וֹho.li.Dofathered heH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
פֶּ֔לֶגPe.legPelegH6389
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970
שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וְאַרְבַּ֥עve.'ar.Ba'and fourH702
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fatheredH3205
בָּנִ֖יםba.NimsonsH1121
וּבָנֽוֹת\׃\ \סu.va.Notand daughtersH1323

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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Context

  • Genesis 11:16

    And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

  • Genesis 11:17

    And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

  • Genesis 11:18

    And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

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Genesis 11:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vivió Heber, después que engendró á Peleg, cuatrocientos y treinta años, y engendró hijos é hijas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Héber, après qu’il eut engendré Péleg, vécut 430 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Heber lebte, nachdem er Peleg gezeugt hatte, 430 Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et vixit Heber postquam genuit Phaleg, quadringentis triginta annis: et genuit filios et filias.