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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 11:19

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, etc.] In all two hundred and thirty nine, little more than half the age of his father: and begat sons and daughters; but not named the Arabic writers f842 say he begat Melchizedek the priest, and that he died in the month Elul, A. M. 3126; and a Jewish writer f843 says he died in the forty eighth year of Abraham.
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