Genesis 11:20
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New International Version (©2011)
When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.

New Living Translation (©2007)
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.

English Standard Version (©2001)
When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Reu lived 32 years and fathered Serug.

International Standard Version (©2012)
When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug.

NET Bible (©2006)
When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Reu was 32 years old when he became the father of Serug.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

American King James Version
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

American Standard Version
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

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

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

English Revised Version
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

Webster's Bible Translation
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 20, 21. - And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug. Vine-shoot, from sarag, to wind (Gesenius, Lange, Lewis, Murphy); strength, firmness, from the sense of twisting which the root bears (Furst). And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years (in all 239), and begat sons and daughters.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Reu lived thirty two years, and begat Serug. He is thought to give name to a city called Sarug, which, according to the Arabic geographer (i), was near Charrae, or Haran, in Chaldea; and another Arabic writer (j) speaks of a city called to this day "Sarug", which he places in Mesopotamia.

(i) Apud Bochart. Phaleg. l. 2. c. 14. Colossians 95. (j) Comment. ad Tab. Ilchanic apud Hyde, Hist. Relig. Pers. c. 2. 57.

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Genealogy from Shem to Abram
…19And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: 21And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. …

Genesis 11:19 And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:21 And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
Numbers 31:40 16,000 people, of whom the tribute for the LORD was 32.
1 Kings 20:16 They set out at noon while Ben-Hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.