EARTH. people of the earth. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject). App-6. "earth" put for inhabitants. LANGUAGE. Hebrew "lip". Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of cause); lip put for language. The chapter begins with man's attempt to unify mankind, and ends with God's new provision to unify all in b... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE EAST. eastward. SHINAR. Babylonia.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAID. Sin with their tongues punished in the same manner (Genesis 11:7). BURN, &C. Hebrew brick bricks, and burn. burning. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_, emphasizing their determination. Burning in fire, not waiting for sun. See note on "brick-kiln", 2 Samuel 12:3. SLIME. bitumen. So tenacious to-... [ Continue Reading ]
MAY REACH. No _Ellipsis_ here. Hebrew "and its top with the heavens", i.e. with the Zodiac depicted on it, as in ancient temples of Denderah and Esneh in Egypt. A NAME. Manifesting independence of God. Nimrod being the rebel leader. See Genesis 10:8, and Compare Genesis 12:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME DOWN. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
GO TO, LET US GO DOWN. This is always in judgment (Compare Genesis 18:21.Exodus 3:8; Exodus 3:8). Here in contrast with Genesis 11:4, to man's "Go to, let us go up". Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia,_ App-6. See Genesis 11:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
SCATTERED. Septuagint same word as in Acts 8:1 (Isaiah 8:9). This was to preserve the revelation contained in the Zodiac and the constellations.... [ Continue Reading ]
BABEL. Hebrew. confusion. Compare Job 5:12, another application of the Hebrew word. SCATTER. Septuagint same word as in Acts 8:1. Result of which was the conversion of the Ethiopian (Acts 8:26) of HAM. Saul (Acts 9) of SHEM. Cornelius (Acts 10) of JAPHETH. Tongues confounded in judgment (Genesis 11:... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEM.. return to the main purpose of the Book. See note on Genesis 5:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
SALAH. Luke 3:36 says Cainan, but this was probably. gloss from Septuagint, and crept into the text. No second Cainan in Hebrew text here or elsewhere. Compare 1 Chronicles 1:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
EBER. See above, Genesis 10:24. Peleg born (Genesis 10:25) Genesis 10:14 years before Genesis 11:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
PELEG. See above, Genesis 10:25 (Luke 3:36, Phalec).... [ Continue Reading ]
SERUG born (Luke 3:35. Saruch).... [ Continue Reading ]
TERAH. Name probably. traveller.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 (Genesis 48:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE HIS FATHER. The first death so recorded. Ur. the _Uru_ or "city" of the cuneiform texts. Now. Mugheir on W. bank of Euphrates.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISCAH. See App-29.... [ Continue Reading ]
TERAH TOOK. Terah being 200 and Abram 70. Compare Genesis 15:7; Joshua 24:3.Nehemiah 9:7; Acts 7:2.Hebrews 11:8. DAUGHTER IN LAW. daughter by another wife. See App-29. THEY. Others beside those named. Compare Genesis 24:10; Genesis 24:15; Genesis 29:10. UR. a city of great pre [ Continue Reading ]
DIED IN HARAN (Charran). With this Acts 7:4 agrees. Not seeing this, the Massorites wrongly marked Genesis 11:32 with an inverted _Nun_ () as being. dislocation of the Text.... [ Continue Reading ]