Bible Person
Meaning: small dispute; contention; disgust · Male · 6 cross references
Joktan is the son of Eber and brother of Peleg, remembered as the ancestor of a wide cluster of Arabian peoples. His genealogy helps Scripture map the spread of nations after the flood. First appears in Gen 10:25.1
AI summary: Joktan matters because the cross references present him as the root of an unusually extensive family branch within the table of nations. Through his many sons, the biblical text sketches a large section of the peoples associated with Arabia and the regions beyond Israel's immediate horizon. His line complements Peleg's more focused ancestral path. Taken together, the material presents Joktan as a post-flood ancestor whose descendants broaden the Bible's picture of the nations.1
Central Figure
Joktan
Meaning: small dispute; contention; disgust
Little, the second of the two sons of Eber (Gen.
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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. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.