Serug

Serug was born in 1819. Serug's father was Reu . His paternal grandfather was Peleg . He was an only child. He died at the age of 230 in 2049.

General Notes
- He gave his name to the city and district that was known to the Akkadians as Sarugi. This lay to the west of Haran (see 32.) It is normally assumed that the name of the land of Syria came about because the Greeks confused it with Assyria. But surely it is more likely that Syria is merely a transposition into Greek of the patriarchal name of Serug who, after all, settled in that part of the world.
  (Refs: IDB 4:29 1. JA 1.vi.5. P 1:30)