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• ܣܳܪܽܘܓ݂
• שְׂרוגּ

Se´rug (shoot, tendril), son of Reu, and father of Nahor the grandfather of Abraham (; ). He was 130 years old at the birth of Nahor, and died at the age of 330. The name occurs in the genealogy of Christ (). The Jewish traditions affirm that Serug was the first of his line who fell into idolatry; and this seems to be sanctioned by, and is probably built upon, the charge of idolatry brought against Terah and the fathers beyond the Euphrates in .