Serug

Role: son · First appears: The Wicked Generations

Reu named his son Serug because mankind had turned to sin and transgression. When Serug grew to manhood, he worshipped idols. When he had a son, Nahor (son of Serug), Serug taught him the arts of the Chaldees, including soothsaying and magic by signs in the heavens.

Relationship record

Life events

• Reu named his son Serug because mankind had turned aside to sin and transgression.(The Wicked Generations)
  • With: Reu
  • “For this reason Reu called his son Serug, because all mankind had turned aside unto sin and transgression.”
• Serug worshipped idols.(The Wicked Generations)
  • “When he grew to manhood, the name was seen to have been chosen fittingly, for he, too, worshipped idols”
• Serug taught Nahor the arts of the Chaldees, including soothsaying and magic.(The Wicked Generations)
  • With: Nahor (son of Serug)
  • “when he himself had a son, Nahor by name, he taught him the arts of the Chaldees, how to be a soothsayer and practice magic according to signs in the heavens.”

The Wicked Generations

• parent: Reu “his son Serug”
• child: Nahor (son of Serug) “when he himself had a son, Nahor by name”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume I. Made with Rho MD.