John Gill Commentary Genesis 11:23

"and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters." — Genesis 11:23 (ASV)

And Serug lived, after he begat Nahor, two hundred years ,
&c.] The years of his life were two hundred and thirty:

and he begat sons and daughters ;
nowhere else mentioned: he died, according to the above Jewish writer ^F15 , in the one hundredth year of Abraham, and in his days, according to the eastern writers ^F16 , idolatry began, and the kingdom of Damascus was set up ^F17 ; and Samirus, king of the Chaldeans, invented weights and measures, weaving silk, and the art of dying ^F19 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F15: R. Gedaliah, Shalshalet. fol. 2. 1.
• F16: Apud Hyde, ut supra. (Hist. Relig. Pers. c. 2. 57.)
• F17: Juchasin, fol. 135. 2.
• F19: Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 18.