Serug

Serug is a link in the patriarchal chain between Shem and Abraham — son of Reu, father of Nahor, grandfather of Terah, and great-grandfather of Abram. He surfaces in three genealogies: the long-form Genesis toledot, the compressed Chronicler list, and the Lukan ascending genealogy of Jesus.

Son of Reu, father of Nahor

In the toledot of Shem, Serug appears as the son born to Reu and the father of Nahor: "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. And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor: and Serug lived after he begot Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters" (Ge 11:20-23). The notice is the standard Genesis pattern — fathered-at age, total post-birth lifespan, sons and daughters — and gives Serug a total span of two hundred and thirty years.

In the Chronicler's list

The Chronicler reduces the same chain to a bare list: "Serug, Nahor, Terah" (1Ch 1:26). The three names stand in succession with nothing more attached. Serug is the third of three terms in this stretch of the post-flood line.

In the genealogy of Jesus

Luke's genealogy ascends from Joseph through David and back to Adam, and Serug appears in the patriarchal stretch: "the [son] of Serug, the [son] of Reu, the [son] of Peleg, the [son] of Eber, the [son] of Shelah" (Lu 3:35). The same father-son sequence as Genesis is preserved, read in the reverse direction; the UPDV reads the name "Serug" here rather than the variant "Saruch."