Genesis 11:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Bible Comments

And Reu lived thirty two years, and begat Serug. He is thought to give name to a city called Sarug, which, according to the Arabic geographer i, was near Charrae, or Haran, in Chaldea; and another Arabic writer j speaks of a city called to this day "Sarug", which he places in Mesopotamia.

i Apud Bochart. Phaleg. l. 2. c. 14. col. 95. j Comment. ad Tab. Ilchanic apud Hyde, Hist. Relig. Pers. c. 2. 57.

Genesis 11:20

20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:e