_ADAM, SHETH, ENOSH,_ Adam ... "Begat" must be understood as meaning that the person who "begat" was not in all instances the immediate parent, but an ancestor, near or more remote of the person spoken of. Only that one member of the family is mentioned who came in the direct order of succession.... [ Continue Reading ]
_KENAN, MAHALALEEL, JERED,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOAH, SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH._ Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfillment of Noah's prophecy (Genesis 9:25) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SONS OF JAPHETH; GOMER, AND MAGOG, AND MADAI, AND JAVAN, AND TUBAL, AND MESHECH, AND TIRAS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND CUSH BEGAT NIMROD: HE BEGAN TO BE MIGHTY UPON THE EARTH._ Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty, х_ GIBOWR_ (H1368) (cf. Genesis 10:8); Septuagint: gigas kuneegos , a dog-leading giant.]... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MIZRAIM BEGAT LUDIM, AND ANAMIM, AND LEHABIM, AND NAPHTUHIM,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND PATHRUSIM, AND CASLUHIM, (OF WHOM CAME THE PHILISTINES,) AND CAPHTHORIM._ Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Capthtorim - better rendered, 'and Casluhim, of whom came the Philistim and Caphtorim:' they were brethren, the sons of Casluhim, and at first dwelt together whence their nam... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND CANAAN BEGAT ZIDON HIS FIRSTBORN, AND HETH,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE JEBUSITE ALSO, AND THE AMORITE, AND THE GIRGASHITE,_ The Jebusites ... From this verse to 1 Chronicles 1:17 the names are not those of individuals. but of people who all sprang from Canaan; and as several of them became extinct, or were amalgamated with their brethren, their national appellati... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE HIVITE, AND THE ARKITE, AND THE SINITE,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SONS OF SHEM; ELAM, AND ASSHUR, AND ARPHAXAD, AND LUD, AND ARAM, AND UZ, AND HUL, AND GETHER, AND MESHECH._ Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech - or Mash: these were the children of Aram, and grandsons of Shem (Genesis 10:23).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ARPHAXAD BEGAT SHELAH, AND SHELAH BEGAT EBER._ Arphaxad begat Selah. Cainan, the father's name, is omitted here (see the notes at Luke 3:36).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND UNTO EBER WERE BORN TWO SONS: THE NAME OF THE ONE WAS PELEG; BECAUSE IN HIS DAYS THE EARTH WAS DIVIDED: AND HIS BROTHER'S NAME WAS JOKTAN._ Peleg - (see the notes at Genesis 10:25.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOKTAN BEGAT ALMODAD, AND SHELEPH, AND HAZARMAVETH, AND JERAH,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND EBAL, AND ABIMAEL, AND SHEBA,_ Ebal - or Obal (Genesis 10:28).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OPHIR, AND HAVILAH, AND JOBAB. ALL THESE WERE THE SONS OF JOKTAN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SHEM, ARPHAXAD, SHELAH,_ Shem ... This comprises a list of ten, inclusive of Abraham. NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_EBER, PELEG, REU,_ of the Arabs in the present day.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE ARE THEIR GENERATIONS: THE FIRSTBORN OF ISHMAEL, NEBAIOTH; THEN KEDAR, AND ADBEEL, AND MIBSAM,_ These are their generations - the heads of his twelve tribes. The great northern desert of Arabia, including the entire neck, was colonized by these tribes; and if we can recover, in the modern ge... [ Continue Reading ]
_MISHMA, AND DUMAH, MASSA, HADAD, AND TEMA,_ Dumah - Dumah and Tema, the great Arab tribes of Beni Teman. Thus this writer ('Historical Geography of Arabia') traces the names of all the heads of the twelve tribes of Ishmael as perpetuated in the clans or tribes... [ Continue Reading ]
_JETUR, NAPHISH, AND KEDEMAH. THESE ARE THE SONS OF ISHMAEL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE SONS OF KETURAH, ABRAHAM'S CONCUBINE: SHE BARE ZIMRAN, AND JOKSHAN, AND MEDAN, AND MIDIAN, AND ISHBAK, AND SHUAH. AND THE SONS OF JOKSHAN; SHEBA, AND DEDAN._ Sons of Keturah. Those became founders of nomadic tribes in the north of Arabia and Syria as Midian of the Midianites (Genesis 36:35... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF MIDIAN; EPHAH, AND EPHER, AND HENOCH, AND ABIDA, AND ELDAAH. ALL THESE ARE THE SONS OF KETURAH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SONS OF ELIPHAZ; TEMAN, AND OMAR, ZEPHI, AND GATAM, KENAZ, AND TIMNA, AND AMALEK._ SONS OF ELIPHAS - the tribe Adites, in the center country of the Saracens, so called from his mother, Adah (Genesis 36:10). TEMAN - gave rise to the land of Teman, near the head of the Red Sea. OMAR - the tri... [ Continue Reading ]