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From CreationWiki, the encyclopedia of creation science Peleg
(Hebrew: פּלג, Pẹleḡ; Greek: Φάλεγ, Phaleg; "division") (Tammuz
1757 AMJuly 2246 BC Av 1514 He Tammuz 1757 AM-Tammuz 1996 AMJuly
2007 BC Av 1753 He Tammuz 1996 AM) is the first named son of
Eber. He had at least one known brother, Joktan. When he was 30
years old, he had a son named Reu. He lived for another 209
years and had other sons and daughters. His total life span was
thus 239 years2,956.017 mon 87,292.934 da, slightly more than
half that of his father and the shortest life span to date in
his line. The name Peleg means "division," and Genesis 10:25
states that "in his time the earth was divided." Georgius
Syncellus, as quoted by Ussher, states that the Tower of Babel
was built and then abandoned when Peleg was five years old. Some
also speculate that in Peleg's time the earth was mapped, or
even that some sort of tectonic activity had occured in that
period. Peleg's descendant