Eber (עֵבֶר,
ISO 259-3 ,
Standard Hebrew ,
Tiberian Hebrew ) is an ancestor of the
Israelites, according to the "
Table of Nations" in and . He was a great-grandson of
Noah's son
Shem and the father of
Peleg born when Eber was 34 years old, and of
Joktan. He was the son of
Shelah a distant ancestor of
Abraham. According to the
Hebrew Bible, Shelah died at the age of 464 when
Jacob was 20. The
Hebrew Calendar synchronises this date with 1817 BCE, however numerous other dates have been proposed for the patriarchs in Genesis. In the
Septuagint and other Christian Bibles derived from it, Eber is called
Heber and his father is called Sala. His son is called Phaleg, born when Heber was 134 years old, and he had other sons and daughters. Heber lived to an age of 404 years. (
Septuagint Genesis 11:14-17]