And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
But to avoid needless prolixity, we shall mention not the number of years each member of this series lived but only the year of his life in which he gave birth to his heir, that we may thus reckon the number of years from the flood to Abraham and may at the same time leave room to touch briefly and cursorily upon some other matters necessary to our argument. In the second year, then, after the flood, Shem when he was years old begat Arpachshad; Arpachshad when he was years old begat Cainan; Cainan when he was years begat Salah. Salah himself, too, was the same age when he begat Eber. Eber lived years and begat Peleg, in whose days the earth was divided. Peleg himself lived years and begat Reu; and Reu lived years and begat Serug; Serug , and begat Nahor; and Nahor , and begat Terah; and Terah , and begat Abram, whose name God afterwards changed into Abraham. There are thus from the flood to Abraham , years, according to the common or Septuagint versions. In the Hebrew copies far fewer years are given, and for this either no reason or a not very credible one is given.
