| Eber Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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| Son of Salah, great
grandson of Shem (Gen 10:21-24;
1Ch 1:19;
Num 24:24, where the "Eber" whom
"ships from Chittim shall afflict" represents not the Hebrew, but in
general the western descendants of Shem, sprung from Arphaxad, Lud, and
Aram; the posterity of Abraham who descended from Eber through Peleg, and
also the descendants of Eber through Joktan. As "Asshur" represented the
Shemites who dwelt in the far East, including Elam, so Eber represents the
western Shemites.
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| Taken from: Fausset's Bible Dictionary by Andrew Robert Fausset (1821-1910) | |