Person

Joktan

Gender:: Male
Verse mentions:: 6

Little, the second of the two sons of Eber (Gen. 10:25; 1 Chr. 1:19). There is an Arab tradition that Joktan (Arab. Kahtan) was the progenitor of all the purest tribes of Central and Southern Arabia.

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Parents 1

Eber

Children 13

Abimael· father Almodad· father Diklah· father Ebal· father Hadoram· father Havilah· father Hazarmaveth· father Jerah· father Jobab· father Ophir Sheba Sheleph Uzal

Siblings 1

Peleg

Appears in 6

Reference	Verse
Genesis 10:25	And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Genesis 10:26	And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
Genesis 10:29	And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
1 Chronicles 1:19	And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.
1 Chronicles 1:20	And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
1 Chronicles 1:23	And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

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