Joktan

Joktan is named after the first book of Genesis ( chapter 10, verse 25 ) son of Eber, Salah's grandson and great-grandson of Arphaxad. His brother was Peleg. According to the Old Testament he was a descendant of Noah's son Shem and the Urururgroßonkel Abraham.

Qahtan in the Arab tradition

Under the name of Qahtan ( Kahtan ) or Yoqtan applies the biblical patriarch Joktan the ancestor of the South Arabians, for example, Queen Bilqis of Sheba and many others. Qahtan itself is, according to Yemeni traditions, the son of the Prophet Hud have been.

Through the fusion of his descendants with the North Arabian descendants of Abraham's son Ishmael or Ishmael son of Adnan the people of the Arabs came, the Arab tradition. Ishmael himself was married to a descendant Dschorhams, a son Qahtans.

Hebrew tradition

Hebrew conceptions According Joktan applies instead as the progenitor of the Joktaniter that are expected along with the Nahoritern, Amalekites, Ammonites, Moabites, Midianites, the Israelites and Edomites to the Hebrews. The North Arabian Edomites are the successors of Esau with Ishmael's daughter Mahalat, the Bible.

Some experts believe that Joktan is the same as mentioned elsewhere in the Bible Jokshan.