Genesis 11:23

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

KJV

And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

ASV

and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

BBE

And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

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וַיְחִי vay·chi and he lived H2421 שְׂרוּג se·rug Serug H8286 אַחֲרֵי 'a·cha·rei after H310 הוֹלִידוֹ ho·li·do fathered he H3205 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 נָחוֹר na·chor Nahor H5152 מָאתַיִם ma·ta·yim two hundred H3967 שָׁנָה sha·nah year[s] H8141 וַיּוֹלֶד vai·yo·led and he fathered H3205 בָּנִים ba·nim sons H1121 וּבָנוֹת ס u·va·not and daughters H1323

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 10–26

Here is a genealogy, or list of names, ending in Abram, the friend of God, and thus leading towards Christ, the promised Seed, who was the son of Abram. Nothing is left upon record but their names and ages; the Holy Ghost seeming to hasten through them to the history of Abram. How little do we know of those that are gone before us in this world, even of those that lived in the same places where we live, as we likewise know little of those who now live in distant places! We have enough to do to mind our own work. When the earth began to be peopled, men's lives began to shorten; this was the wise disposal of Providence.

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NahorSerug

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.