And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
Study Helps
Interpretation
Here is a genealogy, or list of names, ending in Abram, the friend of God, and thus leading towards Christ, the promised Seed, who was the son of Abram. Nothing is left upon record but their names and ages; the Holy Ghost seeming to hasten through them to the history of Abram.
Read with
This thought runs through Genesis 11:20-24.
Glossary
- Serug Person
- Branch, the father of Nahor ( Gen. 11:20-23 ); called Saruch in Luke 3:35 .