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Reuרְעוּlivedוַיְחִיthirty-twoשְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםyearsשָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדSerug.אֶת שְׂרוּג
Genesis 11:20
Study it in the app“Reu lived thirty-two years and fathered Serug.”
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Genesis 11:20, word by word
- Reuרְעוּreu
Reu
Reu, son of Peleg, an ancestor of Abraham.
Where else “reu” appears- livedיְחִיyechi
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yechi” appears- thirty-twoשְׁתַּיִםshetayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shetayim” appears- thirty-twoשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears- and fatheredיּוֹלֶדyoled
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “yoled” appears- Serugשְׂרוּגserug
Serug
Serug, son of Reu, an ancestor of Abraham.
Where else “serug” appears
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Genesis 11:10-26
10These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he fathered Arpachshad, two years after the flood. 11After he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived five hundred years and fathered sons and daughters. 12Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and fathered Shelah. 13After he fathered Shelah, Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years and fathered sons and daughters. 14Shelah lived thirty years and fathered Eber. 15After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived four hundred and three years and fathered sons and daughters. 16Eber lived thirty-four years and fathered Peleg. 17After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years and fathered sons and daughters. 18Peleg lived thirty years and fathered Reu. 19After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years and fathered sons and daughters. 20Reu lived thirty-two years and fathered Serug. 21After he fathered Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years and fathered sons and daughters. 22Serug lived thirty years and fathered Nahor. 23After he fathered Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years and fathered sons and daughters. 24Nahor lived twenty-nine years and fathered Terah. 25After he fathered Terah, Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years and fathered sons and daughters. 26Terah lived seventy years and fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
24Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, 25Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27Abram, that is, Abraham.
The context
19After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years and fathered sons and daughters.
20 · This verse (above)
21After he fathered Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years and fathered sons and daughters.
To study Genesis 11 in a group
1. What it says
What did the people in the land of Shinar say as they built their city and tower (vv. 3-4)?
2. What it means
Why did YHWH confuse their language and scatter them over the whole earth (vv. 6-9)?
3. How I live it
In what you are planning, what is for making a name for yourself, and what is for serving others?