Genesis 11:16
Strong's Lexicon
When Eber
עֵ֕בֶר (‘ê·ḇer)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5677: Eber or Heber = 'the region beyond' 1) son of Salah, great grandson of Shem, father of Peleg and Joktan 2) a Gadite chief 3) a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and descendant of Sharahaim 4) a Benjamite, son of Shashak 5) a priest in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua

was
וַֽיְחִי־ (way·ḥî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2421: 1) to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to live 1a1a) to have life 1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive 1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon 1a1d) to live (prosperously) 1a2) to revive, be quickened 1a2a) from sickness 1a2b) from discouragement 1a2c) from faintness 1a2d) from death 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to preserve alive, let live 1b2) to give life 1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh 1b3a) to restore to life 1b3b) to cause to grow 1b3c) to restore 1b3d) to revive 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to preserve alive, let live 1c2) to quicken, revive 1c2a) to restore (to health) 1c2b) to revive 1c2c) to restore to life

34
אַרְבַּ֥ע (’ar·ba‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 702: 1) four

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים (ū·šə·lō·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7970: 1) thirty, thirtieth

years old,
שָׁנָ֑ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8141: 1) year 1a) as division of time 1b) as measure of time 1c) as indication of age 1d) a lifetime (of years of life)

he became the father of
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד (way·yō·w·leḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Peleg.
פָּֽלֶג׃ (pā·leḡ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6389: Peleg = 'division' 1) son of Eber and brother of Joktan

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

Young's Literal Translation
And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Eber lived 34 years and fathered Peleg.

New American Standard Bible
Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg;

King James Bible
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.

New Living Translation
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

English Standard Version
When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg.

New American Standard Bible
Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg;

King James Bible
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Eber lived 34 years and fathered Peleg.

International Standard Version
When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg.

NET Bible
When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.

American Standard Version
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

English Revised Version
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

Young's Literal Translation
And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.
















Cross References
Genesis 11:15
And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:17
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 11:14
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

Genesis 11:13
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:18
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

Genesis 11:19
And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
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