Eber

Eber was born in 1723. Eber's father was Shelah . His paternal grandfather was Arphaxad . He was an only child. He died at the age of 464 in 2187.

General Notes
- Known to Josephus as Heber, he gave his name to the Hebrew race. Some have tried to identify him with Ebru, erstwhile king of Ebla, but this is unlikely on both chronological and ethnic grounds. The attempt to identify the children of Eber with the Habiru of the Egyptian chronicles may also be somewhat forced, although it is fair to add that, although we tend today to think only of the Jewish nation as Hebrews, in fact all of Eber's descendants, technically speaking, would have been Hebrew also, the Joktanite Arabs included.
  (Refs: IDB 2:5. NBD 331.JA 1.vi.3 and 5. P 1:28)