Peleg (פֶּלֶג / פָּלֶג "Division", Standard Hebrew Péleg / Páleg, Tiberian Hebrew Péleḡ / Pāleḡ) is one of the two sons of Eber, the eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews, mentioned in the so-called "Table of Nations" in Genesis x and xi. According to traditions it was during the time of Peleg that the earth was divided, after the failure of Nimrod's Tower of Babel.

Peleg is also the name of one of the owners of the Pequod in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.

External links

• Jewish Encyclopedia: Peleg is briefly mentioned in the article "Eber"