Genesis 11:19

19 After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and fathered [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 After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and fathered [other] sons and daughters.

18 Peleg lived 30 years and fathered Reu.

19 After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and fathered [other] sons and daughters.

20 Reu lived 32 years and fathered Serug.

21 After he fathered Serug, Reu lived 207 years and fathered [other] sons and daughters.