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Genesis 11:19

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor. The grandfather of Abraham, one of the same name was Abraham's brother, Gen 11:26.

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Genesis 11:23

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gen 11:23And Serug lived, after…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 11:10-26

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Reu Whether this is the name of a place or a tribe seems quite uncertain. Observe the sudden decline in the length of Peleg's life, and in that of his descendants, as compared with his predecessors.…