Genesis 11 · Verse 19

Genesis 11:19

And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:19, King James Version

Genesis 11:19 in other translations

BSBAnd after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
WEBPeleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
ASVand Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
YLTAnd Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
DARBYAnd Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
BBEAnd after the birth of Reu, Peleg went on living for two hundred and nine years, and had sons and daughters:
WebsterAnd Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

What does Genesis 11:19 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 11:10-26

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…

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Genesis 11:19 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיְחִי\־vay.chi-and he livedH2421
פֶ֗לֶגFe.legPelegH6389
אַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiafterH310
הוֹלִיד֣וֹho.li.Dofathered heH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
רְע֔וּre.'UReuH7466
תֵּ֥שַׁעTe.sha'nineH8672
שָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimyearsH8141
וּמָאתַ֣יִםu.ma.Ta.yimand two hundredH3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fatheredH3205
בָּנִ֖יםba.NimsonsH1121
וּבָנֽוֹת\׃\ \סu.va.Notand daughtersH1323

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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Context

  • Genesis 11:18

    And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

  • Genesis 11:19

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

  • Genesis 11:20

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

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Genesis 11:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vivió Peleg, después que engendró á Reu, doscientos y nueve años, y engendró hijos é hijas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Péleg, après qu’il eut engendré Rehu, vécut 209 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Peleg lebte, nachdem er Reghu gezeugt hatte, 209 Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vixitque Phaleg, postquam genuit Reu, ducentis novem annis: et genuit filios et filias.