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Almodad, was a descendant of Noah and the first named son of Joktan in Genesis 10:26 and 1 Chronicles 1:20 . While the Bible has no further history regarding Almodad, this patriarch is considered to be the founder of an Arabian tribe in "Arabia Felix ".[1] This is based on the identification of Joktan's other sons, such as Sheba and Havilah , who are both identified as coming from that region.[2]
According to Easton's Bible Dictionary "Almodad" means "immeasurable", however it has also been translated as "not measured",[3] "measurer",[4] "measure of God",[5] "the beloved," or, "God is beloved",[6] "God is love",[7] and "God is a friend".[8][9]
Many translations and scholarly works use "Elmodad", including Josephus ,[10] Douay Rheims Bible [11] and the Targum Ps.-Jonathan , which elaborates Gen 10:26 and says "begot Elmodad, who measured the earth with cords."[12][13][14]
References
1. ^ Charles Forster (1844). "Section II: Settlements of Joktan". The Historical Geography of Arabia (Volume I). pp. 77\endash 175. "The family of this patriarch seems to have been correctly traced by Bochart , in the Almodaei , or Allumaeotae , a central people of Arabia Felix , noticed by Ptolemy ; and whose geographical position can be pretty exactly ascertained, both by the statement of the Alexandrine geographer, and by the nature of the adjoining country."
2. ^ Skinner, D.D., John, A Critical and Exegitical Commentary on Genesis, T&T Clark Ltd., 1910 (1980 ed.), p. 221. ISBN 0567050017 .
3. ^ Hebrew word #486 <http://www.biblestudytools.net/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=486&version=kjv> in Strong's
4. ^ Rene Noorbergen (2001). Secrets of the Lost Races: New Discoveries of Advanced Technology in Ancient Civilizations. TEACH Services, Inc.. ISBN 1572581980 .
5. ^ Roswell Dwight Hitchcock, Nathaniel West, Alexander Cruden (1870). Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible . A.J. Johnson. ISBN 0837017424 . .
6. ^ "Almodad". International Standard Bible Encyclopedia . 1915.
7. ^ Thomas Inman (2002). "Almodad". Ancient Faiths Embodied in Ancient Names Part 1. Kessinger Publishing. pp. p.231. ISBN 0766126684 .
8. ^ Alfred J. Kolatch (2005). "Almodad". The Comprehensive Dictionary of English & Hebrew First Names. Jonathan David Company. pp. p39. ISBN 0824604555 .
9. ^ David K. Stabnow (2006). "Almodad". HCSB Super Giant Print Dictionary and Concordance. Broadman & Holman. pp. p.47. ISBN 0805494898 .
10 ^ Josephus. "Book I <http://www.ccel.org/j/josephus/works/ant-1.htm>". Antiquities of the Jews . <http://www.ccel.org/j/josephus/works/ant-1.htm>.
11. ^ "The First Book of the Chronicles" <http://www.hebrewoldtestament.com/B13C001.htm>, Parallel Hebrew Old Testament
12 ^ "Section II. Toledoth <http://www.targum.info/pj/pjgen6-11.htm>". Targum Ps.-Jonathan <http://www.targum.info/pj/pjgen6-11.htm>.
13 ^ "Almo'dad". The Bible Dictionary. 1875. pp. p.51. OCLC 26196495 <http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26196495>.
14^ Alexander Toepel, University of Tübingen (2006). "Yonton Revisited: A Case Study in the Reception of Hellenistic Science within Early Judaism". Harvard Theological Review (Cambridge University Press) 99: pp.235\endash 245. doi :10.1017/S0017816006001234