CRITICAL NOTES.— The whole earth.] The then known world with all its human inhabitants. ONE LANGUAGE AND OF ONE SPEECH.] _Heb. Of one lip, and one (kind of) words._ Murphy renders, “Of one lip and one stock of words,” and remarks, “In the table of nations the term ‘tongue’ was used to signify what i... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 11:10. These are the generations of Shem] The genealogies are here only given in part, the writer’s object being to trace the pedigree of Abram from Shem.— _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 11:10_ THE GENERATIONS OF SHEM “These are the generations.” This is the... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 11:28. Ur of the Chaldees] “_Ur_ in Heb. means _light,_ and was probably so called from the Persian idolatry of _fire worship,_ prevalent among this people. Abram was called by God out of this region of idolaters, to be a follower of the true God” (_Jacobus_).— GENESIS 11:2... [ Continue Reading ]