Genesis 11:23

Verse 23 of 32. The 11th of 50 chapters in Genesis, in The Law.

19And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

20And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

21And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

22And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

23And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

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Genesis 11:23 in the World English Bible

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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Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:23

We have here a genealogy, not an endless genealogy, for here it ends in Abram, the friend of God, and leads further to Christ, the promised seed, who was the son of Abram, and from Abram the genealogy of Christ is reckoned (Matt. i. 1, and c., so that put ch. v., ch. xi., and Matt. i, together, and you have such an entire genealogy of Jesus Christ as cannot be produced, for aught I know, concerning any person in…

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