Timeline of the Bible · The Flood to Abram
Reu
Life · 2217–1978 BC
What the Bible Says
- “Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu” Genesis 11:18
- “Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years” Genesis 11:21
Each year here fits these numbers, as the years between the points they count from.
Family
The Years
- Born 2217 BC
- “Rehu or Ragau, was born when Phaleg his father was 30 years old”
- Died 1978 BC
- “Rehu or Ragau the 7 from Noah, died”
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed, whose dates were printed in the margins of King James Bibles for two centuries.
