“ And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:f ”
- 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...
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...
Terah. Name probably. traveller.
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
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-...
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...
And Nahor lived twenty nine years, and begat Terah. The father of Abraham, and the first of the patriarchs of this line of Shem that fell off from the true religion to idolatry.
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: Ver. 24. And begat Terah. ] Who also at first "served other gods, beyond the flood". Jos 24:2
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...
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...
Nahor was the first patriarch who fell to idolatry. 2126
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'...
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 11:1 . 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...
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...
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...
The Generation of Shem
A.M. 1878. B.C. 2126. Terah. Luke 3:34 Thara.