Eber

Here beginneth the third chapter of the book of the Gospel according to Saint Luke.

Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son, as was supposed, of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggi, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Simeon, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addai, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arnai, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shela, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Here endeth the second lesson.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace : According to thy word.

Ruh was the son of Peleg.

Peleg was the son of Eber.

Eber was the son of Shelah.

Shelah was the son of Canaan.

Canaan was the son of Arphaxad.

And many of the sons of men died in that tower, a people without number.

End of chapter 9 Chapter 10 And Peleg, the son of Eber, died in those days, in the forty-eighth year of the life of Abram, son of Terah, and all the days of Terah were two hundred and thirty-nine years.

And when the Lord had scattered the sons of men on account of their sin at the tower, behold they spread forth into many divisions, and all the sons of men were dispersed into the four corners of the earth.

And all the families became each according to its language, its land, or its city.

He and his seven sons and his household dwelt there, and he called the city which he built Seir, according to his name, that is the land of Seir unto this day.

These are the families of the children of Ham, according to their languages and cities, when they were scattered to their countries after the tower.

And some of the children of Shem, son of Noah, father of all the children of Eber, also went and built themselves cities in the places wherein they were scattered, and they called their cities after their names.

And the sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arapashad, Lud, and Aram, and they built themselves cities and called the names of their cities after their names.

You see Shem living 600 years.

A few generations later, Eber lives 464.

Still long, but dropping fast.

then down to Peleg at 239, Abraham at 175.

And then our attention turns toward Shem, and eventually Abraham.

Verses 24 through 27 say this, Shem, Arpixad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abram, that is Abraham.

So with Abraham, we arrive at one of the central figures in the biblical story.

God called Abraham and promised to make a great nation from him.

And in the fourth year he was born, and Shelah grew up and took to himself a wife, And her name was Muak, the daughter of Kesed, his father's brother, in the one and thirtieth jubilee, in the fifth week in the first year thereof.

And she bare him a son in the fifth year thereof, and he called his name Eber.

And he took unto himself a wife, and her name was Azurad, the daughter of Nebrod, in the thirty-second jubilee, in the seventh week

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