Genesis 11:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. ”

Genesis 11:23 - 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...
Genesis 11:23 - 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...
Genesis 11:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:23 - 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.
Genesis 11:23 - 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...
Genesis 11:23 - 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-...
Genesis 11:23 - 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...
Genesis 11:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Serug lived, after he begat Nahor, two hundred years ,.... The years of his life were two hundred and thirty: and he begat sons and daughters ; nowhere else mentioned: he died, according to th...
Genesis 11:23 - 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...
Genesis 11:23 - 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...
Genesis 11:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 11:23 - 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'...
Genesis 11:23 - 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...
Genesis 11:23 - 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...
Genesis 11:23 - 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...
Genesis 11:23 - 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...
Genesis 11:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Generation of Shem
Genesis 11:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 2049. B.C. 1955. Genesis 11:23

Genesis 11:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 11:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 11:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 11:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 11:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 11:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 11:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 11:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 11:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 11:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 11:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 11:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 11:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 11:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 11:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 11:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 11:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 11:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge