Reu

Reu is one of the post-flood patriarchs in the line of Shem: son of Peleg, father of Serug, an ancestor of Abraham, and through Abraham an ancestor of Jesus. UPDV uses the Hebrew form Reu throughout, including in the Greek genealogy in Luke where most translations carry the transliterated Greek form Ragau. See Ragau for the same person under the Greek form.

In the Genealogy of Shem

The Genesis notice runs in two halves — the years before the heir is born, then the years afterward: "And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu: and Peleg lived after he begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters. And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug: and Reu lived after he begot Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters" (Gen 11:18-21). Three fixed points: Peleg begets him at thirty; he begets Serug at thirty-two; he lives two hundred and seven years more.

The Chronicler condenses the same line to a list: "Eber, Peleg, Reu" (1 Chr 1:25). The order across the post-flood patriarchs is Eber → Peleg → Reu, matching the Genesis sequence.

In the Genealogy of Jesus

Luke's reverse genealogy traces the line of Jesus back through these same patriarchs: "the [son] of Serug, the [son] of Reu, the [son] of Peleg, the [son] of Eber, the [son] of Shelah" (Luke 3:35). The bracketed [son] marks UPDV's editorial supply where the Greek runs the genitive chain without a noun. The position is identical to the Genesis order, read in reverse — Serug stands above Reu, Reu above Peleg, Peleg above Eber.