the son of Salah, and father of Peleg, from whom the Hebrews derived their name, according to Josephus, Eusebius, Jerome, Bede, and most of the interpreters of the sacred writings; but Huet bishop of Avranches, in his Evangelical Demonstration, has attempted to prove, that the Hebrews took their name from the word heber, which signifies beyond, because they came from beyond the Euphrates. Heber is supposed to have been born 2281 years B. C. and to have lived 464 years.