Genesis - 11:23



23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of sons and daughters.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 11:23.

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And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two hundred years: and begot sons and daughters.
And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and fathered sons and daughters.
And after he conceived Nahor, Serug lived for two hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
Et vixit Serug, postquam genuit Nachor, ducentos annos: et genuit filios et filias.

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Historical Commentaries

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And Serug lived, after he begat Nahor, two hundred years,.... 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 (o), in the one hundredth year of Abraham, and in his days, according to the eastern writers (p), idolatry began, and the kingdom of Damascus was set up (q); and Samirus, king of the Chaldeans, invented weights and measures, weaving silk, and the art of dying (s).
(o) R. Gedaliah, Shalshalet. fol. 2. 1. (p) Apud Hyde, ut supra. (Hist. Relig. Pers. c. 2. 57.) (q) Juchasin, fol. 135. 2. (s) Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 18.

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