Genesis 11 · Verse 22

Genesis 11:22

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
Genesis 11:22, King James Version

Genesis 11:22 in other translations

BSBWhen Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
WEBSerug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
ASVAnd Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
YLTAnd Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor.
DARBYAnd Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
BBEAnd Serug was thirty years old when he became the father of Nahor:
WebsterAnd Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

What does Genesis 11:22 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 11:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְחִ֥יvay.Chiand he livedH2421
שְׂר֖וּגse.RugSerugH8286
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fatheredH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נָחֽוֹר\׃na.ChorNahorH5152

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

Cross references for Genesis 11:22

  • Joshua 24:2

    And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 1849. B.C. 2155. Nahor.
Jos 24:2
Nachor.

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Context

  • Genesis 11:21

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

  • Genesis 11:22

    And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

  • Genesis 11:23

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

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Genesis 11:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vivió Serug treinta años, y engendró á Nachôr.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Serug vécut 30 ans, et engendra Nakhor.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Serug lebte 30 Jahre und zeugte Nahor.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vixit vero Sarug triginta annis, et genuit Nachor.