Genesis 11:20

20 vixit autem Reu triginta duobus annis et genuit Sarug

Genesis 11:20 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 11:20

And Reu lived thirty two years, and begat Serug.
] He is thought to give name to a city called Sarug, which, according to the Arabic geographer ^F9, was near Charrae, or Haran, in Chaldea; and another Arabic writer ^F10 speaks of a city called to this day <arabic> "Sarug", which he places in Mesopotamia.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Apud Bochart. Phaleg. l. 2. c. 14. col. 95.
F10 Comment. ad Tab. Ilchanic apud Hyde, Hist. Relig. Pers. c. 2. 57.

Genesis 11:20 In-Context

18 vixit quoque Faleg triginta annis et genuit Reu

19 vixitque Faleg postquam genuit Reu ducentis novem annis et genuit filios et filias

20 vixit autem Reu triginta duobus annis et genuit Sarug

21 vixitque Reu postquam genuit Sarug ducentis septem annis et genuit filios et filias

22 vixit vero Sarug triginta annis et genuit Nahor