Peleg is the brother of Joktan, who are the sons of Eber (Genesis 10:25). Peleg and Joktan are the two dividing arch fathers of the Shemites. Peleg becomes the ancestor of Abraham and the Joktanites are the last mentioned Shemite generation before the tower of Babel is built.
The name Peleg comes from the verb (palag), split divide; "for in his days the earth was divided" (Genesis 10:25). Derivations are: (peleg), channel or canal; (pelagga), stream, division; (pelugga), division; (miplagga), division.
NOBS Study Bible Name List and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names agree: the name Peleg means Division or Divider, although that word is commonly used to denote a channel or canal.
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(pelagga), stream, division; 
(miplagga), division.
