Genesis 11:20
in Genesis 11When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
KJV
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
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This verse in Genesis 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd 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 (i), was near Charrae, or Haran, in Chaldea; and another Arabic writer (j) speaks of a city called to this day "Sarug", which he places in Mesopotamia. (i) Apud Bochart. Phaleg. l. 2. c. 14. col. 95. (j) Comment. ad Tab. Ilchanic apud Hyde, Hist. Relig. Pers. c. 2. 57.
This site's exposition
When Reu was 32 years old
on Genesis 11:20-26
Reu lived 239 years, Serug 230 and Nahor 148. Ten generations run from Shem to Abram here, matching the ten from Adam to Noah in Genesis 5. Abram is named first of Terah's three sons, and Adam Clarke reads that order as one of dignity, the place Genesis keeps giving the chosen son.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Now Reu lived thirty-two years and begot Sarug. The seventy interpreters have it one hundred and thirty-two.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְחִ֣י | vaychi | and he lived | H2421 → | 282 times |
| רְע֔וּ | reu | Reu | H7466 → | 5 times |
| שְׁתַּ֥יִם | shetayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים | usheloshim | and thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיּ֖וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׂרֽוּג׃ | serug | Serug | H8286 → | 5 times |
וַיְחִ֣יand he lived
vaychiH2421 →282 times
רְע֔וּReu
reuH7466 →5 times
שְׁתַּ֥יִםtwo
shetayimH8147 →768 times
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםand thirty
usheloshimH7970 →172 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׂרֽוּג׃Serug
serugH8286 →5 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 3:35the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
it leads to
- Genesis 10:24–25
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
- Genesis 11:12–21
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
- Genesis 10:24–25
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.