John Gill Commentary Genesis 11:20

"And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:" — Genesis 11:20 (ASV)

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 ^F9 , was near Charrae, or Haran, in Chaldea; and another Arabic writer ^F10 speaks of a city called to this day "Sarug", which he places in Mesopotamia.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: Apud Bochart. Phaleg. l. 2. c. 14. col. 95.
• F10: Comment. ad Tab. Ilchanic apud Hyde, Hist. Relig. Pers. c. 2. 57.