Verse Genesis 11:31. _THEY WENT FORTH - FRONT UR OF THE CHALDEES_] Chaldea is sometimes understood as comprising the whole of Babylonia; at other times, that province towards _Arabia Deserta_, called...
- 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...
TERAH TOOK. Terah being 200 and Abram 70. Compare Genesis 15:7; Joshua 24:3.Nehemiah 9:7; Acts 7:2.
The Migration of Terah to Haran, and his Death. (P.) 31. _they went forth with them_ The words, as they stand, are meaningless. The Syriac reads "and he went forth with them." Better as LXX, Sam. and...
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...
THEY WENT FORTH FROM UR—TO GO INTO CANAAN—AND CAME UNTO HARAN— Terah, with his son Abram with Sarai, and his grandson Lot, leaving Nahor and his family behind, from what motive it doth not appear, pro...
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...
_AND TERAH TOOK ABRAM HIS SON, AND LOT THE SON OF HARAN HIS SON'S SON, AND SARAI HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW, HIS SON ABRAM'S WIFE; AND THEY WENT FORTH WITH THEM FROM UR OF THE CHALDEES, TO GO INTO THE LAND O...
HARAN] (the Roman _Carrhœ_) was a city in Mesopotamia. It was an ancient seat of the worship of the moon god Sin. Caravan roads led from Haran to Syria and Palestine. Terah, who had intended to settle...
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...
We do not know where Ur was. A city in east Mesopotamia was called Ur. (Mesopotamia is the country that is between the river Tigris and the river Euphrates. Nowadays it is mostly in the countries Iraq...
THEY WENT FORTH WITH THEM. — This may possibly mean that they went forth in one body; but the phrase is strange, and the Samaritan, followed by the LXX. and Vulg.,by a slight transposition of the lett...
וַ יִּקַּ֨ח תֶּ֜רַח אֶת ־אַבְרָ֣ם בְּנֹ֗ו וְ
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...
And (n) Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the lan...
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of...
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...
31._And Terah took Abram his son_. Here the next chapter ought to commence; because Moses begins to treat of one of the principal subjects of his book; namely, the calling of Abram. For he not only re...
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...
AND TERAH TOOK ABRAM HIS SON, AND LOT THE SON OF HARAN, HIS SON'S SON, AND SARAI HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW, HIS SON ABRAM'S WIFE,.... Many words are made use of in describing Lot and Sarai, and yet still we...
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of...
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...
And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees to go into the land...
The Generations of Terah...
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...
See JOSHUA 24:2 NEHEMIAH 9:7 1 CHRONICLES 1:26. Being informed by his son of the command of God, TERAH did not despise it, because it came to him by the hands of his inferior, but cheerfully obeyeth i...
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 11:31 Terah H8646 took H3947 (H8799) son H1121 Abram H87 grandson H1121 H1121 Lot H3876 son...
‘And Sarai was barren. She had no child.' The matter is stated quite starkly to explain why no information is given as to Abram's seed. Abram and Sarai stood out from the others in that they had no ch...
TERAH The name means delay....
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. 2078. B.C. 1926. took. Genesis 11:26 Genesis 11:27 Genesis 12:1 they went. Genesis 11:28...