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Genesis 11:18-19

Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu. Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.

    Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

  • KJV King James Version

    And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

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

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

    And Peleg lived after he begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.

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  • Luke 3:35 (v18) the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv18–19 And Reu lived, after he begat Sarug, two hundred…

And Reu lived, after he begat Sarug, two hundred and seven years,.... So that the whole of his life was two hundred and thirty nine years, the exact age of his father: in his days various kingdoms arose; according to the Arabic writer (k), in the one hundred and thirtieth year of his life began Nimrod to reign at Babylon, the first king that reigned on earth: and according to the Jewish writers (l), in his days began the kingdom of Egypt, which continued to the times of Octavian; and the kingdom of the Bohemians, the metropolis of which was Prague, and the kingdom of the Amazons, which continued to the times of Alexander: in his time also, the Arabic writers (m) say, idolatry prevailed, the worship of the sun, moon, and stars, and other things; and images of men and women were made by the Babylonians and Egyptians, and worshipped by them:

and he begat sons and daughters of whom no account is given; according to a Jewish writer (n), he died in the seventy fifth year of Abraham.

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(k) Elmacinus, p. 29. apud Hottinger. p. 270. (l) Juchasin, fol. 135. 2. Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 76. 1. Tzemach David, par. 2. fol. 3. 2. (m) Elmacinus, p. 20. Patricides, p. 14. apud Hottinger. p. 275, 276. (n) R. Gedaliah, Shalshalet, fol. 2. 1.

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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v19 19. Reu] Whether this is the name of a…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v18 Vers. 18, 19. And Peleg lived thirty years, and…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v18 General Information:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v18 11:18 Peleg: See study note on 10:25.
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