Category:Eber

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Eber - Beyond. (1.). The third post-duluvian patriarch after Shem (Genesis 10:24; Genesis 11:14). He is regarded as the founder of the Hebrew race (Genesis 10:21; Numbers 24:24). In Luke 3:35, he is called Heber. (2.) One of the seven heads of the families of the Gadites (1 Chronicles 5:13). (3.) The oldest of the three sons of Elpaal the Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:12). (4.) One of the heads of the families of Benjamites in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 8:22). (5.) The head of the priestly family of Amok in the time of Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:20).