Genesis 11:19

19 And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 11:19

And Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine
years
In all two hundred and thirty nine, little more than half the age of his father:

and begat sons and daughters;
but not named the Arabic writers ^F7 say he begat Melchizedek the priest, and that he died in the month Elul, A. M. 3126; and a Jewish writer ^F8 says he died in the forty eighth year of Abraham.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Elmacinus apud Hottinger. p. 269.
F8 R. Gedaliah, ut supra. (Shalshalet, fol. 1. 2.)

Genesis 11:19 In-Context

17 And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu.

19 And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug.

21 And Reu lived after he fathered Serug 207 years and had other sons and daughters.