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Joktan

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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Son of Eber, and by him connected with the Hebrews and other Shemite families, Genesis 10:25-30; 1 Chronicles 1:19-23 . He is believed to be the Kahtan, or Yektan, to whom Arabian writers trace their purest and most ancient genealogies.

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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Joktan'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​j/joktan.html. 1859.
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