Genesis 11:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. ”

• Genesis 11:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - Section IX - The Line to Abram - XXXV. The Line of Abram 18. רעוּ re‛û , Re‘u, “friend;” verb: “feed, delight in, enjoy.” 20. שׂרוּג śerûg , Serug, “vine-shoot.” 22. נחור na...

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• Genesis 11:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Descendants of Shem. This section, like Genesis 11:5 , is taken from P. Here the formula is abbreviated, but whether this was so originally or due to an impatient editor is uncertain. There is...

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• Genesis 11:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Shem. . return to the main purpose of the Book. See note on Genesis 5:32 .

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• Genesis 11:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

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• Genesis 11:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Genesis 11:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  THE TÔLDÔTH SHEM. (10-26) These are the generations of Shem. — Here also, as in Genesis 5 , there is a very considerable divergence between the statements of the Hebrew, the Samaritan, and the...

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• Genesis 11:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Generations until Abram Genesis 11:10-32 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-...

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• Genesis 11:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Genesis 11:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Shem lived, after he begat Arphaxad, five hundred years ,.... So that his whole age was six hundred years, and therefore must live to the times of Abraham, and even throughout the life of that p...

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• Genesis 11:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. Ver. 11. And Shem lived after he begat, &c. ] He saw ten generations, and lived till Isaac was fifty ye...

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• Genesis 11:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Genesis 11:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:   11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat...

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• Genesis 11:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  2346 So that he lived almost all the time of Abraham; which was a singular blessing, both to himself, who hereby saw his children of the tenth generation; and to the church of God, which by this m...

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• Genesis 11:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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'...

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• Genesis 11:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 HOMILE...

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• Genesis 11:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 Chaldai...

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• Genesis 11:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  These are the generations of Shem The generations of Shem I. THE LINE IN WHICH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUE GOD WAS PRESERVED. II. THE DIRECTION OF THE STREAM OF HISTORY TOWARDS THE MESSIAH. “G...

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• Genesis 11:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Genesis 11:10 These are the generations of Shem . The new section, opening with the usual formula (cf. Genesis 2:4 ; Genesis 5:1 ; Genesis 6:9 ; Genesis 10:1 ), reverts to t...

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• Genesis 11:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Generation of Shem

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• Genesis 11:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  A.M. 2158. B.C. 1846. Shem. Genesis 5:4 #ff. begat sons. Genesis 1:28 Genesis 5:4 Genesis 9:7 Psalms 127:3 Psalms 127:4 Psalms 128:3 Psalms 128:4 Psalms 144:12

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