King James Version

Genesis 11:16

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

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וַֽיְחִיvaychiand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, the next action in the storyH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.עֵ֕בֶרeverEberעֵבֵרnoun, proper name — “Eber”H5677Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four IsraelitesEber, Heber.אַרְבַּ֥עarbafourאַרְבַּעadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “four”, the ordinary formH702fourfour.וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםusheloshimand thirtyשְׁלוֹשִׁיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and thirty”, the ordinary formH7970thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieththirty, thirtieth. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).שָׁנָ֑הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvayoledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).פָּֽלֶגpalegPelegפֶּלֶגnoun, proper name — “Peleg”H6389Peleg, a son of ShemPeleg.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.

World English Bible

Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.

Darby Translation

And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.

Douay-Rheims

And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Heber lived an hundred and thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἕβερ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα τέσσαρα ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Φαλέγ.