Genesis 11:20
Strong's Lexicon
When Reu
רְע֔וּ (rə·‘ū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7466: Reu = 'friend' 1) son of Peleg and an ancestor of Abraham

was
וַיְחִ֣י (way·ḥî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2421: 1) to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to live 1a1a) to have life 1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive 1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon 1a1d) to live (prosperously) 1a2) to revive, be quickened 1a2a) from sickness 1a2b) from discouragement 1a2c) from faintness 1a2d) from death 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to preserve alive, let live 1b2) to give life 1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh 1b3a) to restore to life 1b3b) to cause to grow 1b3c) to restore 1b3d) to revive 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to preserve alive, let live 1c2) to quicken, revive 1c2a) to restore (to health) 1c2b) to revive 1c2c) to restore to life

32
שְׁתַּ֥יִם (šə·ta·yim)
Number - fd
Strong's Hebrew 8147: 1) two 1a) two (the cardinal number) 1a1) two, both, double, twice 1b) second (the ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers 1d) both (a dual number)

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים (ū·šə·lō·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7970: 1) thirty, thirtieth

years old,
שָׁנָ֑ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8141: 1) year 1a) as division of time 1b) as measure of time 1c) as indication of age 1d) a lifetime (of years of life)

he became the father of
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד (way·yō·w·leḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Serug.
שְׂרֽוּג׃ (śə·rūḡ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8286: Serug = 'branch' 1) son of Reu and great grandfather of Abraham

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Reu lived 32 years and fathered Serug.

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

King James Bible
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.

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

English Standard Version
When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug.

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Reu lived 32 years and fathered Serug.

International Standard Version
When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug.

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

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

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

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
















Cross References
Genesis 11:19
And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:21
And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

Numbers 31:40
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.

1 Kings 20:16
And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 11:18
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

Genesis 11:17
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:22
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

Genesis 11:23
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
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