Génesis 11:23

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23 Y vivi贸 Serug, despu茅s que engendr贸 谩 Nach么r, doscientos a帽os, y engendr贸 hijos 茅 hijas.

Génesis 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.


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.
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Génesis 11:23 In-Context

21 Y vivi贸 Reu, despu茅s que engendr贸 谩 Serug, doscientos y siete a帽os, y engendr贸 hijos 茅 hijas.
22 Y vivi贸 Serug treinta a帽os, y engendr贸 谩 Nach么r.
23 Y vivi贸 Serug, despu茅s que engendr贸 谩 Nach么r, doscientos a帽os, y engendr贸 hijos 茅 hijas.
24 Y vivi贸 Nach么r veintinueve a帽os, y engendr贸 谩 Thare.
25 Y vivi贸 Nach么r, despu茅s que engendr贸 谩 Thare, ciento diecinueve a帽os, y engendr贸 hijos 茅 hijas.
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