Person

Serug (Saruch)

Also: Saruch

Son of Reu (Gen 11:20); father of Nahor.

Sort year2185 BC

Tier 4 · Ussher, Annals of the World

Tier 4: Ussher, Annals (1658): 2185 BC (no higher-tier year available).

Description

Masoretic text: born AM 1819 (when his father was the age given in Gen 11), lived 230 years, died AM 2049. No CFAH paper dates this person; the sort year falls to Ussher.

Scripture

Family

Father: Reu (Ragau)
Children: Nahor (son of Serug)

Scripture facts

Age at son's birth: 30 (Nahor (son of Serug))
Lifespan: 230 years

Genesis 11:20–11:23 (opens in a new tab)

Birth

birth of Serug (Saruch), CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones	1819 AM Precision: year	AM 1819	Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), "Chronological Compendium", p. 1 ("Serug born when Reu was 32 ... 1819") (opens in a new tab) AM only; no BC printed.
Ussher	1819d AM, 2185 BC Precision: year	2185 BC AM 1819	Ussher, Annals of the World, Second Age §52 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year
Jordan secondary	1819 - Serug born Precision: year	AM 1819	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §8 "The Chronology of Genesis 11" (year list) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan (compilation) secondary	1819 AM Precision: year	AM 1819	Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 2, chart "Genesis 11:10 – 12 Genealogy" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 1819.
MT-Gen	AM 1819 Precision: year	AM 1819	Gen 11:10–26 (Arphaxad AM 1658 = Shem's 100th year, two years after the Flood of AM 1656; each later birth adds the father's age at the named son) (opens in a new tab)
Josephus (Whiston translation)	"Ragau had Serug at one hundred and thirty" Precision: unknown	—	Josephus, Antiquities I.6.5 (Whiston) (opens in a new tab) Josephus (Whiston) has 130; the Masoretic text has 32 (Gen 11:20).

Death

death of Serug (Saruch), CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones	Not yet established	—	— Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002). Leave empty until verified.
Ussher	2049d AM, 1955 BC Precision: year	1955 BC AM 2049	Ussher, Annals of the World, Second Age §67 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan secondary	2049 - Serug died Precision: year	AM 2049	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §8 "The Chronology of Genesis 11" (year list) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan (compilation) secondary	2049 AM Serug dies @ 230 years old Precision: year	AM 2049	Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 2, chart "Genesis 11:10 – 12 Genealogy" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 2049.
MT-Gen	AM 2049 Precision: year	AM 2049	1819 + 230 = 2049 (lifespan from Gen 11:20–11:23) (opens in a new tab)

Free sources

The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Gen.11.20-Gen.11.23 ; 1Chr.1.26 ; Luke.3.35 public-domain
The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2) (Biblical Chronology 6:4, April 1994) (opens in a new tab) — §8 year list free-to-read
The Antiquities of the Jews (opens in a new tab) — Book I, ch. 6, §5 public-domain
Chronology of the Old Testament: A Return to the Basics (15th ed.) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
The Annals of the World, Deduced from the Origin of Time (1658 English edition), Part One: 4004–176 BC (opens in a new tab) public-domain
Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (A.M. chronology charts and A.M./B.C. table) (opens in a new tab) private-copy

Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.