Genesis - 11:18

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18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 11:18.

Differing Translations

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Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu.
And Peleg was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:
Likewise, Peleg lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Reu.
Et vixit Peleg triginta annos, et genuit Rehu.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu. Or Ragau, as he is called in the Septuagint version, the letter 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.'' (Judith 1:5)and to Ragis in Media,"In that day Tobit remembered the money which he had committed to Gabael in Rages of Media,'' (Tobit 4:1)where Strabo (f) makes mention of a city of the same name.
(f) Geograph. l. 11. p. 354.

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