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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 11:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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.
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