Eber in Wikipedia
(עֵבֶר, Standard Hebrew Éver, Tiberian Hebrew ʻĒḇer) is an
ancestor of the Israelites, according to the "Table of
Nations" in Genesis 10-11 and 1 Chronicles 1 . He was a
great-grandson of Noah's son Shem and the father of Peleg
born when Eber was 34 years old, and of Joktan. He was the
son of Shelah a distant ancestor of Abraham. According to
the Hebrew Bible, Eber died at the age of 464 (Genesis
11:14-17 ) when Jacob was 20. The Hebrew Calendar
synchronises this date with 1817 BC.
In the Septuagint and other Christian Bibles derived from
it, Eber is called Heber and his father is called Sala. His
son is called Phaleg, born when Heber was 134 years old, and
he had other sons and daughters. Heber lived to an age of
404 years. (Septuagint Genesis 11:14-17 )
In Jewish tradition, Eber, the great-grandson of Shem,
refused to help with the building of the Tower of Babel, so
his language was not confused when it was abandoned. He and
his family alone retained the original human language,
Hebrew, a language named after Eber (Heber), also called
lingua humana in Latin. (There are different religious
positions on this issue; see also Adamic language.)...
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