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Joktan

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Post-flood

Description

Younger son of Eber and brother of Peleg; eponymous ancestor of thirteen Arabian peoples (Genesis 10:26-29). The split between Peleg and Joktan defines the genealogical division between the Hebrew line of promise and the Arabian peoples.

Relationships

Parents1
Eber(father)
Children13
Almodad(father)Sheleph(father)Hazarmaveth(father)Jerah(father)Hadoram (son of Joktan)(father)Uzal(father)Diklah(father)Obal(father)Abimael(father)Sheba (son of Joktan)(father)Ophir(father)Havilah (son of Joktan)(father)Jobab (son of Joktan)(father)
Siblings1
Peleg

Family tree

Two generations up and down. Click any other person to recenter the tree on them. Solid lines are parent-of relationships; dashed pink lines are spouses; dashed amber lines are debated/tradition-divergent edges.