Joktan is mentioned 6 times in scripture, across 2 books of the Old Testament. First named in scripture around 2247 BC.
Little, the second of the two sons of Eber (Gen. 10:25; 1 Chr. 1:19). There is an Arab tradition that Joktan (Arab. Kahtan) was the progenitor of all the purest tribes of Central and Southern Arabia.