Kommentar zu Divrej Hajamim I 1:19
וּלְעֵ֥בֶר יֻלַּ֖ד שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֑ים שֵׁ֣ם הָאֶחָ֞ד פֶּ֗לֶג כִּ֤י בְיָמָיו֙ נִפְלְגָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ וְשֵׁ֥ם אָחִ֖יו יָקְטָֽן׃
Und Eber wurden zwei Söhne geboren: der Name des einen war Peleg; denn zu seiner Zeit war die Erde geteilt; und sein Bruder's Name war Joktan.
Rashi on I Chronicles
the earth was parted The days of the people were divided and diminished, for at first people lived nine hundred years or more, and in the days of Arpachshad and thereafter, [they were diminished] to four hundred years or more, and from Peleg and thereafter, they were divided in half, to two hundred years out of those four hundred years.
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