Pedigree: Joktan (Jectan Yaqtan Joctan)

The PEDIGREE of

Joktan (Jectan Yaqtan Joctan)

`Tribe to sustain'; poss. aka Qahtan (first speaker of Arabic); relation to Qahtan ibn 'Abin, q.v. ?

Born: 2267 BC

Poss. Jullus of Rome's 35-Great Uncle.

Wife/Partner: Hobba
Children: Hadoram (Haddram) ; Abimael ; Jobab ; Almodad (Elmodad) ; Sheleph (Saleph) ; Hazarmaveth (Asarmoth) ; Jerah (Jare) ; Uzal (Usal) ; Diklah (Decla) ; Obal (Ebal Hebal) ; Ophir ; Havilah (Hevila)

Possible Children: Keturah (Qatura Cetura), concubine ; Saba (eponym) of SHEBA
Alternative Father of Possible Children: Eber (Heber 'Aybar) ibn SHELAH

_______	_______	_______	______	______
			/	-- Arphaxad (King) of ARRAPACHTIS +	====> [ 13]
		/	-- Cainain the SEMITE
		/	\	-- Rasueja (bint SHUSHAN) +	====> [ 15]
	/	-- Shelah (ben CAINAN) of CHALDEA
	/	\	-- Melka (bint MADAI) of MEDES +		====> [ 14]
/	-- Eber (Heber 'Aybar) ibn SHELAH (2277? BC - 1813? BC)
\|	\	/	-- Kesed ben ARPHAXAD +		====> [ 16]
\|	\	-- Mu'ak (Muak) ben KESED
/		\	-- poss. Ninsun
- Joktan (Jectan Yaqtan Joctan)
\		/	-- Cush +		====> [ 13]
\|	/	-- Nimrod (King) of ASSYRIA & BABYLON
\|	\|	\	\| OR: source: Gilgamesh (King) of URUK +		====> [ 7]
\|	\|	\	-- Hept Ishtar +		====> [ 1]
\|	/			\| OR: poss. not Semiramis of BABYLON +	====> [ 16]
\	-- 'Azurad bint NEBROD
	\	-- Hept Ishtar
		\	\| OR: poss. not Semiramis (Queen) of BABYLON +		====> [ 16]
		\	-- poss. not Ningal, GODDESS of the Moon +		====> [ 6]