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Joktan
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Joktan

Joktan or Yoktan (יקטן "little", Standard Hebrew Yoqtan, Tiberian Hebrew Yoqṭān)

the second of the two sons of Eber (Gen. 10:25; 1 Chr. 1:19)

There is an Arab tradition that Joktan (Arabic: Kahtan) was the progenitor of all the purest tribes of Central and Southern Arabia.

From the Old Testament (King James Version) Genesis 10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.