Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Ver. 27. Terah begat Abram.] Who whether he were Terah's firstborn, is a great question; but, being an important man, he is first mentioned. (Abram was not Terah's first born. Genesis 11:32; Gen 12:4 This means that Terah was 130 years old when he begot Abram. Editor.)
- Section X - Abraham - XXXVI. The Father of Abram 27. לוט _lôṭ_, Lot, “veil;” verb: “cover.” 28. אוּר _'ûr_, Ur, “light, flame.” כשׂדים _kaśdı̂ym_, Kasdim, Cardi, Kurds, Χαλδαῖοι _Kaldaioi_....
CHAPTER 11:1-9 THE TOWER OF BABEL AND THE SCATTERING OF THE NATIONS _ 1. The unity of the nations in Shinar (Genesis 11:1)_ 2. Their attempt: “Let us make” (Genesis 11:3) 3. The divine answer: “Let...
THE SONS OF TERAH. Derived from P and J. Genesis 11:27 and Genesis 11:31 f. are clearly from P, Genesis 11:28 probably from J (there are phraseological grounds), and...
GENERATIONS OF TERAH. The centre of the eleven. See page. and App-29. Abram the youngest comes first (born 1996). Compare Shem (Genesis 10:21), Jacob (Genesis 25:23; Genesis 27:15), Ephraim ...
The Sons of Terah. (J and P.) 27. _Now these are_, &c. The story of Abram commences here with the heading of a section from P. Cf. Genesis 25:19, "And these are the generations of Isaac." _Haran bega...
THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF TERAH— It may be proper to remark, that it appears, from this genealogy, that these patriarchs begat children about the age of thirty, which may therefore serve as a mean...
PART TWENTY-FIVE: THE GENERATIONS OF TERAH (Genesis 11:27-32) _The Central Theme (Motif) of the Bible_ The Bible is not, was never intended to be, a book of science, or a book of philosophy (which i...
_NOW THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF TERAH: TERAH BEGAT ABRAM NAHOR AND HARAN; AND HARAN BEGAT LOT_ _ NOW THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF TERAH: TERAH BEGAT ABRAM, NAHOR, AND HARAN; AND HARAN BEGAT LOT._ N...
11:27 Lot. (b-17) Veil....
HARAN] son of Terah. The Jewish Book of Jubilees declares that he was burnt to death, whilst attempting to save some of the images of the gods, when Abraham burnt the house in which they were....
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 11 THE TALL BUILDING AT BABEL V1 All the people who were on the earth had one language. They all had one set of words. V2 And men travelled from...
THE TÔLDÔTH TERAH. (27) NOW THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS. — This _tôldôth,_ which extends to Genesis 25:11, is one of the most interesting in the Book of Genesis, as it gives us the history of the patria...
וְ אֵ֨לֶּה֙ תֹּולְדֹ֣ת תֶּ֔רַח תֶּ֚רַח הֹולִ֣יד...
THE CALL OF ABRAHAM Genesis 11:27; Genesis 12:1 WITH Abraham there opens a new chapter in the history of the race; a chapter of the profoundest significance. The consequences of Abraham's movements a...
THE GENERATIONS UNTIL ABRAM Genesis 11:10 The inwardness of the movement of Terah's clan from Ur is given in Acts 7:3. Apparently his father was unwilling for Abram to go alone on his far-pilgrimage,...
In this chapter we have the account of a human movement against dispersion. The movement was one of rebellion and was frustrated by divine interposition. The divine intention was the covering of the w...
A FAMILY FOR GOD'S PURPOSE For the Savior to come to earth as the seed of woman and shed his blood, he had to be born. Such a birth would require a family, or lineage. Naturally, we would expect God...
Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat (1) Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. (1) He makes mention first of Abram, not because he was the first born, but for the history whi...
Abram, the youngest of the three, being born only in the 130th year of Thare, ver. 32, and chap. xii. 4. He is placed first, on account of his superior dignity in the church of God, in like manner as...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
27._Terah begat Abram_. Here also Abram is placed first among his brethren, not (as I suppose) because he was the firstborn; but because Moses, intent on the scope of his history, was not very careful...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11. Chapter s 10, 11 give us the history of the world as peopled and established after the deluge, and the ways of men in this new world; the great pla...
NOW THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF TERAH,.... Or the genealogy of his posterity, which is a very short one; for it only gives an account of his three sons as before, TERAH BEGAT ABRAM, NAHOR, AND HARAN...
Here begins the story of Abram. We have here, 1st, His country: _Ur of the Chaldees_ An idolatrous country, where even the children of Eber themselves degenerated. 2d, His relations, mentioned for his...
1 One language in the world. 3 The building of Babel. 5 The confusion of tongues. 10 The generations of Shem. 27 The generations of Terah the father of Abram. 31 Terah goeth from Vr to Haran. 1...
The Generations of Terah...
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. Haran may have been the oldest son, and his son Lot was nearer to Abraham's age....
FIFTH SECTION _The race of Shem. The Commenced and Interrupted Migration of Terah to Canaan. The Genesis of the Contrast between Heathendom and the germinal Patriarchalism_ GENESIS 11:10-32 1. Gene...
BABEL: THE CITY AND THE TOWER Up to this time there was only one language. In the world today men wish they could have this advantage, but God is wiser than men. Men desire this for the very same rea...
27-32 Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in both Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of false gods. Those who are through grace, heirs of the land of promis...
_ 1996_ No text from Poole on this verse....
This is a chapter of very deep interest to the spiritual mind. It records two great facts, namely, the building of Babel, and the call of Abraham; or, in other words, man's effort to provide for himse...
Genesis 11:27 genealogy H8435 Terah H8646 Terah H8646 begot H3205 (H8689) Abram H87 Nahor H5152 Haran H2039 Haran...
THE BIRTH OF ABRAM (GENESIS 11:10 B TO 27A). The genealogy that follows links Abram back to Shem. This was why God was to be blessed with regard to Shem (9:26). It would be through him that God's man...
THE CALL OF ABRAM (GENESIS 11:27 TO GENESIS 12:9) Genesis 11:27 ‘Terah begat Abram, Nahor and Haran, and Haran begat Lot. And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativit...
CONTENTS: Failure under Noamic covenant. Tower of Babel. Scattering of the people. Ancestry of Abram. CHARACTERS: Shem, Terah, Abram, Lot, Sarai. CONCLUSION: Man ever builds under the heavens, seeki...
Genesis 11:1. _One language_ or lip. These words are to be literally understood, because it is added, God confounded their language. There has been a long and unavailing dispute whether the Chaldaic,...
_Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran_ THE DAWN OF ABRAM’S HISTORY Here we have the commencement of the sixth document, indicated by the usual preface, “These...
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...
PART III THE PATRIARCHAL AGE OF THE WORLD. CH. 11:27-50:26. 7. THE GENERATIONS OF TERAH (CH. 11:27-25:11). GENESIS 11:27 NOW (literally, _and, _intimating the close connection of the present with th...
Now in chapter eleven. The whole earth was of one language, and one speech (Genesis 11:1). Probably Hebrew because in the earlier record of the book of Genesis, the names of the people were Hebrew n...
A.M. 2008. B.C. 1996. Lot. Genesis 11:31 Genesis 12:4 Genesis 13:1 Genesis 14:12...
Here begins the story of Abram. We have here, His country: Ur of the Chaldee's — An idolatrous country, where even the children of Eber themselves degenerated. His relations, mentioned for his sake, a...