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Genesis 11:21 KJV
Genesis · chapter 11 · verse 21
And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.Genesis 11:21 · King James Version
Genesis 11:21 in context
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:
23And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- hundredshâneha yearH8141 →
- livedchâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
- afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- begatyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- SerugSᵉrûwgSerug, a postdiluvian patriarchH8286 →
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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