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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Sheleph (Man living at the time of the Patriarchs)

Son of Joktan, and the ancestor of one of the many Joktanite peoples who settled the Arabian peninsula.

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Son of Joktan, and the ancestor of one of the many Joktanite peoples who settled the Arabian peninsula.

Who this is

Sheleph was a son of Joktan and became the ancestor of an Arabian tribe, one of many Joktanite peoples listed as settling the Arabian peninsula (Genesis 10:26; 1 Chronicles 1:20).

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The word

H8026

Where it appears
  • Genesis 10:26
  • 1 Chronicles 1:20

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