After crossing the land bridge and as Joktan and his family begin their travel into this continent, at times, one of Joktan's sons would choose to depart from his father to settle at a location or either to travel upon a different path. Every time any of his sons made that decision to depart company with their father, Joktan would stop, set up his camp and spend time there with his family before their departure.

Joktan did this because he knew that when any of his sons would choose to walk upon a path different than his own, it was likely that this would be the last time that he would see that son again, or his son′s wife as well as all of those who were his grandsons and granddaughters.

After arriving at the confluence what is now known as the Mississippi and Ohio river, Joktan called for another camp and this time Diklah with his eight sons departed to places downriver, while Joktan and his party continued upriver on what is now known as the Ohio river, moving towards the distant mountains in the east and his eventual homeland along the Delaware River.