John Gill Commentary Genesis 11:18

"And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:" — Genesis 11:18 (ASV)

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu .
] Or Ragau, as he is called in the Septuagint version, the letter (e) being pronounced as a "G", as in Gaza and Gomorrah:

he is supposed to give name to a large plain called Ragau, near Assyria, about Tigris and Euphrates, ``Even in those days king Nabuchodonosor made war with king Arphaxad in the great plain, which is the plain in the borders of Ragau.''

and to Ragis in Media, ``In that day Tobit remembered the money which he had committed to Gabael in Rages of Media,'' where Strabo ^F6 makes mention of a city of the same name.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F6: Geograph. l. 11. p. 354.