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Gen 11:17

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Gen 11:17 · Douay-Rheims
“And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four hundred and thirty years: and begot sons and daughters.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1771
A.D.
John Gill Reformed
1697–1771
“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 (i), was near Charrae, or Haran, in Chaldea; and another Arabic writer (j) speaks of a city called to this day "Sarug", which he places in Mesopotamia. (i) Apud Bochart. Phaleg. l. 2. c. 14. col. 95. (j) Comment. ad Tab. Ilchanic apud Hyde, Hist. Relig. Pers. c. 2. 57.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

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