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Joktan

Hebrew: יָקְטָן —transliteration: Yoqtan

Arabic: يقطان —transliteration: Yaqtan

also known as: Yoktan, Qahtan and Kahtan

This is the name of the 2nd of the 2 named sons of Eber (Genesis 10:25; 1 Chr. 1:19).

Joktan’s descendants are called Joktanites.

There is an Arab tradition that Joktan was the ancestor/progenitor of all the purest Arabian tribes of Central and Southern Arabia.

Ancestry: Noah → Shem → Arpachshad (Arphaxad) → Cainan → Shelah → Eber (Heber) → Joktan

Relatives

• Grandfather: Shelah (Sala)
• Father: Eber (Heber)
• Brother: Peleg
• Sons:
  1. Almodad
  2. Sheleph
  3. Hazarmaveth
  4. Jerah
  5. Hadoram
  6. Uzal
  7. Diklah
  8. Ebal, aka Obal
  9. Abimael
  10. Sheba
  11. Ophir
  12. Havilah
  13. Jobab

More information

• Arab
• Arabia
• Jokshan