Genesis 11:22
in Genesis 11When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
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ASV
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
KJV
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
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This verse in Genesis 11
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor. The grandfather of Abraham, one of the same name was Abraham's brother, Gen 11:26.
This site's exposition
When Reu was 32 years old
on Genesis 11:20-26
The years keep falling. 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 sons, and Adam Clarke reads that order as one of dignity, the place Genesis keeps giving the chosen son.
This site's exposition
When Serug was 30 years old
Serug's son Nahor is Abram's grandfather, and John Gill notes that Terah gave the same name to one of his own sons at verse 26. The family passed names down the line. The younger Nahor stays in Mesopotamia, and Rebekah comes from his house in chapter 24.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Indeed, Sarug lived thirty years and begot Nachor. The seventy interpreters have it one hundred and thirty.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor. The grandfather of Abraham, one of the same name was Abraham's brother, Gen 11:26.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְחִ֥י | vaychi | and he lived | H2421 → | 282 times |
| שְׂר֖וּג | serug | Serug | H8286 → | 5 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים | sheloshim | 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 |
| נָחֽוֹר׃ | nachor | Nahor | H5152 → | 18 times |
וַיְחִ֥יand he lived
vaychiH2421 →282 times
שְׂר֖וּגSerug
serugH8286 →5 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נָחֽוֹר׃Nahor
nachorH5152 →18 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Joshua 24:2And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and…
it leads to
- Joshua 24:15
But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods…
- Genesis 31:30
Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
- Ezekiel 16:3
and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a…
- Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
- Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
- Joshua 24:15
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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.