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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 11:21
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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, after he begat Sarug, two hundred and seven years, etc.] So that the whole of his life was two hundred and thirty nine years, the exact age of his father: in his days various kingdoms arose; according to the Arabic writer f846, in the one hundred and thirtieth year of his life began Nimrod to reign at Babylon, the first king that reigned on earth: and according to the Jewish writers f847, in his days began the kingdom of Egypt, which continued to the times of Octavian; and the kingdom of the Bohemians, the metropolis of which was Prague, and the kingdom of the Amazons, which continued to the times of Alexander: in his time also, the Arabic writers f848 say, idolatry prevailed, the worship of the sun, moon, and stars, and other things; and images of men and women were made by the Babylonians and Egyptians, and worshipped by them: and he begat sons and daughters of whom no account is given; according to a Jewish writer f849, he died in the seventy fifth year of Abraham.
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