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Eber Scripture - Numbers 24:24

And ships [shall come] from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever....

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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 ...

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Eber Scripture - Genesis 10:24

And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber....

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Eber Scripture - Genesis 11:17

And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters....

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Eber in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

e'-ber (`ebher; Eber, in Gen; Obed, in Ch): (1) Occurs in the genealogies (Gen 10:21,25; 11:14 ff) as the great-grandson of Shem and father of Peleg and Joktan. The word means "the other side," "across," and the form "Hebrew," which is derived from it, is intended to denote the people or tribe who came "from the other, side of the river" (i.e. ...

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Eber in Naves Topical Bible

Also called HEBER -1. The probable founder of the Hebrew race Ge 10:21-25; 11:14; 1Ch 1:19,25; Lu 3:35 Prophecy concerning Nu 24:24 -2. A Gadite, called HEBER 1Ch 5:13 -3. A Benjamite 1Ch 8:12 -4. A Benjamite of Jerusalem 1Ch 8:22 -5. A priest Ne 12:20...

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Eber in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(the region beyond). 1. Son of Salah, and great-grandson of Shem. Ge 10:24; 1Ch 1:19 (B.C. 2277-1813.) [For confusion between Eber and Heber see HEBER] 2. Son of Elpaal and descendant of Sharahaim of the tribe of Benjamin. 1Ch 8:12 (B.C. 1400). 3. A priest in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua. Ne 12:20 (B.C. 445.)...

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Eber in Easton's Bible Dictionary

beyond. (1.). The third post-duluvian patriach after Shem (Gen. 10:24; 11:14). He is regarded as the founder of the Hebrew race (10:21; Num. 24:24). In Luke 3:35 he is called Heber. (2.) One of the seven heads of the families of the Gadites (1 Chr. 5:13). (3.) The oldest of the three sons of Elpaal the Benjamite (8:12). (4.) One of the h...

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Eber in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Son of Salah, great grandson of Shem (Genesis 10:21-24; 1 Chronicles 1:19; Numbers 24:24, where the "Eber" whom "ships from Chittim shall afflict" represents not the Hebrew, but in general the western descendants of Shem, sprung from Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram; the posterity of Abraham who descended from Eber through Peleg, and also the descendan...

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Eber in Hitchcock's Bible Names

one that passes; anger...

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