Genesis 11:20 And Reu lived thirty two years, and begat Serug.
] He is thought to give name to a city called Sarug, which, according to the Arabic geographer F9, was near Charrae, or Haran, in Chaldea; and another Arabic writer F10 speaks of a city called to this day "Sarug", which he places in Mesopotamia.
FOOTNOTES:
F9 Apud Bochart. Phaleg. l. 2. c. 14. col. 95.
F10 Comment. ad Tab. Ilchanic apud Hyde, Hist. Relig. Pers. c. 2. 57.