Son of Shelach, father of Peleg (and of Yoktan, Genesis 10:25)
His name is the traditional root of 'Ivri' — 'Hebrew' — first applied to Avraham in Genesis 14:13 ('Avram ha-Ivri')
'In his days the earth was divided' (Genesis 10:25) — the naming of his son Peleg, 'division'; read by some as the dispersal at Babel and by others as a later geographic event, the text itself does not specify which
Lived 464 years (Genesis 11:16–17) — notably long even for this line; lifespans decline more sharply after this generation toward Avraham's
“Father of Peleg, in whose days the earth was divided — traditional namesake of 'Hebrew'”
Traditional note: The derivation of 'Ivri'/'Hebrew' from 'Ever' is a long-standing traditional etymology (reflected in Genesis 14:13's 'Avram ha-Ivri'), though 'Ivri' could also simply mean 'one from across [the river/Euphrates]' without a personal-name derivation — both readings exist in scholarship; this dataset notes the traditional derivation as the more commonly cited one without asserting it as certain.
