Genesis 11:23
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:23 in other translations
| BSB | And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters. |
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| WEB | Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters. |
| ASV | and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| YLT | And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. |
| DARBY | And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. |
| BBE | And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters: |
| Webster | And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. |
What does Genesis 11:23 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…
Genesis 11:23 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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.
- Genesis 11:24
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
Genesis 11:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vivió Serug, después que engendró á Nachôr, doscientos años, y engendró hijos é hijas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Serug, après qu’il eut engendré Nakhor, vécut 200 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Serug lebte, nachdem er Nahor gezeugt hatte, 200 Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vixitque Sarug, postquam genuit Nachor, ducentis annis: et genuit filios et filias. |