Peleg in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(division, part), son of Eber and brother of Joktan. Ge 10:25; 11:16 The only incident connected with his history is the statement that "in his days was the earth divided." an event embodied in the meaning of his name --"division." The reference is to a division of the family of Eber himself, the younger branch of which (the Joktanids) migrated into southern Arabia, while the elder remained in Mesopotamia.