Genesis 11:23

23 and Serug lived after that he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 11:23

And Serug lived, after he begat Nahor, two hundred years,
&c.] The years of his life were two hundred and thirty:

and he begat sons and daughters;
nowhere else mentioned: he died, according to the above Jewish writer ^F15, in the one hundredth year of Abraham, and in his days, according to the eastern writers ^F16, idolatry began, and the kingdom of Damascus was set up ^F17; and Samirus, king of the Chaldeans, invented weights and measures, weaving silk, and the art of dying ^F19.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 R. Gedaliah, Shalshalet. fol. 2. 1.
F16 Apud Hyde, ut supra. (Hist. Relig. Pers. c. 2. 57.)
F17 Juchasin, fol. 135. 2.
F19 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 18.

Genesis 11:23 In-Context

21 and Reu lived after that he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

22 Soothly Serug lived thirty years, and (then) begat Nahor;

23 and Serug lived after that he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

24 Forsooth Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and (then) begat Terah;

25 and Nahor lived after that he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.