23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Other Translations of Genesis 11:23

New International Version

23 And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

English Standard Version

23 And Serug lived after he fathered Nahor 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

The Message

23 After Serug had Nahor, he lived 200 more years and had other sons and daughters.

New King James Version

23 After he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

New Living Translation

23 After the birth of Nahor, Serug lived another 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 11:23

Commentary on Genesis 11:10-26

(Read Genesis 11:10-26)

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. How little do we know of those that are gone before us in this world, even of those that lived in the same places where we live, as we likewise know little of those who now live in distant places! We have enough to do to mind our own work. When the earth began to be peopled, men's lives began to shorten; this was the wise disposal of Providence.