Donna Danna (19 Oct 2010)
"To Clay Cantrell -- Peleg, the Exodus, & the Splitting"


In reply to you 10/18 posts at http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/oct2010/clay1018.htm and http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/oct2010/clay1018-2.htm while it is true that Eber lived 430 years after the birth of his son Peleg whose name means division or earthquake, Eber was not 430 years old at the time Peleg was born if you recheck Genesis 11:16 which says, "And Eber lived four and thirty years and begat Peleg."  Instead of that verse saying four hundred and thirty years, it is referring to 34 years.  This means that Eber's life was not split or divided in half by the birth of Peleg since Eber lived 34 yrs. before Peleg was born and then lived another 430 years after Peleg was born.  However, it is interesting as you pointed out that it is in verse Genesis 10:25 Peleg's name is mentioned along with the fact that the earth was split apart into continents during the days of Peleg and some believe that the Resurrection-Rapture may happen on 10/25 as well.