Genesis 11:23

23 and Serug lived after the birth of Nahor two hundred 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 and Re'u lived after the birth of Serug two hundred and seven years, and had other sons and daughters.

22 When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor;

23 and Serug lived after the birth of Nahor two hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.

24 When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah;

25 and Nahor lived after the birth of Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and had other sons and daughters.