King James Version

Genesis 11:22

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

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וַיְחִ֥יvaychiand 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.שְׂר֖וּגserugSerugשְׂרוּגnoun, proper name — “Serug”H8286Serug, a postdiluvian patriarchSerug.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).נָחֽוֹרnachorNahorנָחוֹרnoun, proper name — “Nahor”H5152Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of AbrahamNahor.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor.

World English Bible

Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.

Darby Translation

And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.

Douay-Rheims

And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Nachor.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Seruch lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot Nachor.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησε Σεροὺχ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ναχώρ.

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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