King James Version

Genesis 11:18

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

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וַֽיְחִיvaychiand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, the next action in the storyH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.פֶ֖לֶגfelegPelegפֶּלֶגnoun, proper name — “Peleg”H6389Peleg, a son of ShemPeleg.שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםsheloshimthirtyשְׁלוֹשִׁיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “thirty”, the ordinary formH7970thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieththirty, thirtieth. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).שָׁנָ֑הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvayoledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).רְעֽוּrevReuרְעוּnoun, proper name — “Reu”H7466Reu, a postdiluvian patriarchReu.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

Douay-Rheims

Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Phaleg lived an hundred and thirty years, and begot Ragau.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησε Φαλὲγ τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ῥαγαῦ.

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