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Genesis 11:20 KJV
Genesis · chapter 11 · verse 20
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:Genesis 11:20 · King James Version
Genesis 11:20 in context
18And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thirtyshᵉlôwshîymthirtyH7970 →
- livedchâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
- begatyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- ReuRᵉʻûwReu, a postdiluvian patriarchH7466 →
- twoshᵉnayimtwoH8147 →
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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 (Mat 1:1, etc.); so that put ch. 5, ch. 11, and Mt.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-26