Genesis 11:23

23 After he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other 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 After he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

22 Serug was 30 years old when he became the father of Nahor.

23 After he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

24 Nahor was 29 years old when he became the father of Terah.

25 After he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.