Genesis 11:20

“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 f844, was near Charrae, or Haran, in Chaldea; and another Arabic writer f845 speaks of a city called to this day <Arabic> “Sarug”, which he places in Mesopotamia.”

“- Section IX - The Line to Abram - XXXV. The Line of Abram 18. רעוּ re‛û, Re‘u, “friend;” verb: “feed, delight in, enjoy.” 20. שׂרוּג śerûg, Serug, “vine-shoot.” 22. נחור nāchôr, Nachor, “snorting.” 24. תרה terach, Terach, “delay?” Aramaic. 26. אברם 'abrām, Abram, “high father.” הרן hārān Haran, “mountaineer.” The usual phrase, “These are the generations,” marks the beginning of the fifth document. Accordingly, we now enter upon a new phase of human development. The nations have gradually departed from the living God. They have not, however, stopped at this negative stage of ungodliness. They have fallen into polytheism and idolatry. And the knowledge of the one true God, the Maker,…”