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Verse Genesis 11:29. _MILCAH, THE DAUGHTER OF HARAN_] Many suppose
_Sarai_ and _Iscah_ are the same person under two different names; but
this is improbable, as _Iscah_ is expressly said to be the dau...
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- 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_....
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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...
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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...
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ISCAH. See App-29....
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_Sarai_ Abram's wife was, according to Genesis 20:12, his half-sister,
i.e. a daughter of Terah by another wife. Milcah, Nahor's wife, is
Nahor's niece. Whether in these marriages we have to deal with...
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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...
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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...
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_AND ABRAM AND NAHOR TOOK THEM WIVES: THE NAME OF ABRAM'S WIFE WAS
SARAI; AND THE NAME OF NAHOR'S WIFE, MILCAH, THE DAUGHTER OF HARAN,
THE FATHER OF MILCAH, AND THE FATHER OF ISCAH._
Abram and Nahor...
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11:29 Sarai; (d-13) My princess....
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Nahor’s brother Haran died. After that, Nahor married Haran’s
daughter Milcah. So Nahor married his niece. In those times, a man
would marry his niece if her father had died.
TERAH AND ABRAM LEAVE UR...
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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...
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ISCAH. — Not the same as Sarai, for we learn in Genesis 20:12 that
she was Abraham’s half-sister — that is, a daughter of Terah by
another wife. Nor was she Lot’s wife, as Ewald supposed, for she was...
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וַ יִּקַּ֨ח אַבְרָ֧ם וְ נָחֹ֛ור
לָהֶ֖ם נָשִׁ֑
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife [was]
Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran,
the father of Milcah, and the father of (m) Iscah.
(m) Some thi...
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Jescha, whom many confound with Sarai, as if both Nacher and Abram
had married the daughters of their brother Aran. But why then does
Moses mention Sarai before, and then call her Jescha in the same...
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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...
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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...
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AND ABRAM AND NAHOR TOOK THEM WIVES,.... Very probably after the death
of their elder brother Haran, whose daughters they married, at least
one of them did, and some think both;
THE NAME OF ABRAHAM'S...
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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...
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And Abram and Nahor took them wives; the name of Abram's wife was
Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran,
the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. Marriages of
compar...
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The Generations of Terah...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Such marriages of uncles and nieces being permitted then, EXODUS 6:20,
(as in the beginning of the world the marriages of brethren and
sisters were), though afterwards, the church being very much enla...
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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...
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Genesis 11:29 Abram H87 Nahor H5152 took H3947 (H8799) wives H802 name
H8034 Abrams H87 wife H802 Sarai...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 11:29 The name SARAI is later changed to
“Sarah” (see Genesis 17:15). The initial inability of the
patriarchs’ wives to have children is a recurri
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sarai. Genesis 17:15 Genesis 20:12 Milcah. Genesis 22:20 Genesis 24:15
Sarai....