| 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) | |