2167/2166 BC
Complete person record
Peleg
life, dates, and events
This record brings together the lifespan, dates, Scripture, and every dated event assigned to Peleg.
Life record
Birth, lifespan, and death
Creation years 1757–1996
Reference under review · 1928/1927 BC
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Reference library
Look up Peleg in the study works
These links search five public-domain reference works for this person. An author’s definition or conclusion is a study aid—not Scripture—and should be examined against the KJV text.
Public-domain referenceEaston’s Bible Dictionary
Dictionary and historical background
Find Peleg →Public-domain referenceSmith’s Bible DictionaryPeople, places, customs, and history
Find Peleg →Public-domain referenceHitchcock’s Bible NamesThe name and its traditional meaning
Find Peleg →Public-domain referenceNave’s Topical BibleRelated KJV passages arranged by subject
Find Peleg →Public-domain referenceTorrey’s Topical TextbookRelated biblical subjects and references
Find Peleg →Dated record
Events involving Peleg
Creation year 17572167/2166 BC
Peleg is born
Eber’s year 1723 plus 34 years places Peleg’s birth in year 1757. Genesis connects the division of the earth with Peleg’s days, not specifically with his birth year.
Genesis 11:16; 10:25 · KJV
“And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.”
Jasher 7:19; 9:20–39
Open Creation year 1757 in the Original Timeline →To Eber were born two children, the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the sons of men were divided. Jasher later describes the building of the tower, the confusion of language, and the scattering of its builders.
Read these verses in our Jasher reader →Creation year 19961928/1927 BC
Peleg dies
Peleg was born in year 1757 and lived 239 years, placing his death in year 1996. Jasher also places it in Abram’s forty-eighth year.
Genesis 11:18–19 · KJV
“And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.”
Jasher 10:1
Open Creation year 1996 in the Original Timeline →And Peleg the son of Eber died in those days, in the forty-eighth year of the life of Abram son of Terah, and all the days of Peleg were two hundred and thirty-nine years.
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