Serug was the son of Reu

Reu

Reu or Ragau in Genesis was the son of Peleg and the father of Serug, thus being Abraham's great-great-grandfather.He was 32 when Serug was born and lived to the age of 239 , according to the Masoretic text...

 and the father of Nahor

Nahor

Nahor, Nachor, or Naghor may refer to three different names in the Hebrew bible: two biblical people, who were both descendants of Shem, and one biblical place named after one of these descendants....

, according to Genesis 11:20-23. He is also the great-grandfather of Abraham

Abraham

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.

In the Masoretic text that modern Bibles are based on, he was 30 when Nahor was born, and lived to the age of 230. The Septuagint and Samaritan Pentateuch

Samaritan Pentateuch

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 texts state that he was 130 on fathering Nahor, and the Septuagint accordingly gives his age at death as 330.

He is called Saruch in the Greek

Greek language

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 version of Luke

Gospel of Luke

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 3:35.

Further details are provided in Jubilees

Jubilees

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, where it gives the names of his mother, Ora (11:1), and wife Milcah (11:6). It also states that his original name was Seroh, but that it was changed to Serug in the time when Noah's children began to fight wars, and the city of Ur was built, where Serug lived. It says this Serug was the first of the patriarchal line to abandon monotheism and turn to idol worship, teaching sorcery to his son Nahor.

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