Genesis 11:18

18 vixit quoque Faleg triginta annis et genuit Reu

Genesis 11:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 11:18

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu.
] Or Ragau, as he is called in the Septuagint version, the letter (e) being pronounced as a "G", as in Gaza and Gomorrah: he is supposed to give name to a large plain called Ragau, near Assyria, about Tigris and Euphrates,

``Even in those days king Nabuchodonosor made war with king Arphaxad in the great plain, which is the plain in the borders of Ragau.'' (Judith 1:5)

and to Ragis in Media,

``In that day Tobit remembered the money which he had committed to Gabael in Rages of Media,'' (Tobit 4:1)

where Strabo F6 makes mention of a city of the same name.


FOOTNOTES:

F6 Geograph. l. 11. p. 354.

Genesis 11:18 In-Context

16 vixit autem Eber triginta quattuor annis et genuit Faleg
17 et vixit Eber postquam genuit Faleg quadringentis triginta annis et genuit filios et filias
18 vixit quoque Faleg triginta annis et genuit Reu
19 vixitque Faleg postquam genuit Reu ducentis novem annis et genuit filios et filias
20 vixit autem Reu triginta duobus annis et genuit Sarug
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.