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Genesis 11:20

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

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וַיְחִ֣יvaychiand 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.רְע֔וּrevReuרְעוּnoun, proper name — “Reu”H7466Reu, a postdiluvian patriarchReu.שְׁתַּ֥יִםshetayimtwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, feminine, dual, absolute — “two”, the ordinary formH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםusheloshimand thirtyשְׁלוֹשִׁיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and 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).שְׂרֽוּגserugSerugשְׂרוּגnoun, proper name — “Serug”H8286Serug, a postdiluvian patriarchSerug.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug.

World English Bible

Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.

Darby Translation

And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.

Douay-Rheims

And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Sarug.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Ragau lived an hundred thirty and two years, and begot Seruch.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησε Ῥαγαὺ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα καὶ δύο ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Σερούχ.