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{{Short description|Son of Eber in the bible}}
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'''Joktan''' (also written as '''Yoktan'''; {{Hebrew Name|יָקְטָן|Yŏqtan|Yāqṭān}}; {{lang-ar|يقطان|translit=Yaqṭān}}) was the second of the two sons of [[Eber]] ([[Book of Genesis]] 10:25; [[1 Chronicles]] 1:19) mentioned in the [[Hebrew Bible]]. He descends from [[Shem]], son of [[Noah]].
In the [[Book of Genesis]] 10:25 it reads: "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."
Joktan's sons in the order provided in {{bibleref|Genesis|10:26-29}}, were [[Almodad]], [[Sheleph]], [[Hazarmaveth]], [[Jerah]], [[Hadoram]], [[Uzal]], [[Diklah]], Obal, [[Abimael]], [[Sheba (king)|Sheba]], [[Ophir]], [[Havilah]], and [[Jobab]].
In [[Pseudo-Philo]]'s account (ca. 70), Joktan was first made prince over the children of [[Shem]], just as [[Nimrod (king)|Nimrod]] and
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== Mongoloid Race Theory ==▼
Obsolete theories (based on a literal reading of {{bibleref|Genesis|10:30}}, which states that Joktan's descendants migrated eastward) suggested that Joktan is the progenitor of the [[Mongoloid race]], including [[east Asians]] and the [[indigenous peoples of the Americas]], with the [[Yucatan peninsula]] supposedly being named after Joktan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/History/History-idx?type=turn&entity=History.McIntosh.p0040&id=History.McIntosh&isize=text|title=History: The origin of the North American Indians with a faithful description of their manners and customs, both civil and military, their religions, languages, dress, and ornaments: To which is prefixed a brief view of the creation of the world ... Concluding with a copious selection of Indian speeches, the antiquities of America, the civilization of the Mexicans, and some final observations on the origin of the Indians: Introduction}}</ref><ref name="montano">{{cite journal|last1=Shalev|first1=Zur|title=Sacred Geography, Antiquarianism and Visual Erudition: Benito Arias Montano and the Maps in the Antwerp Polyglot Bible|journal=Imago Mundi|date=2003|volume=55|page=71|doi=10.1080/0308569032000097495|s2cid=51804916|url=http://research.haifa.ac.il/~zshalev/Articles/IMundi-2003-Montano.pdf|access-date=2017-01-17}}</ref> One early proponent of this theory was the theologian [[Benito Arias Montano]], who proposed a link between the names of [[Ophir]], Joktan's son, and [[Peru]].<ref name="montano"/>▼
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==See also==
* Not to be confused with [[Jokshan]]
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