genesis-11:26-25:10-niv

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 11:26

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. These verses are all highly interesting, in that they lead to Him, after the flesh, in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed Matthew 1:1-16 . I would desire the Reader to remark with me, how careful the Holy Ghost hath been, through all his sacred word, to preserve the names of the faithful. Certainly they occupy more place in the Bible than those of all the world beside. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:10-26

10-26 Here is a genealogy, or list of names, ending in Abram, the friend of God, and thus leading towards Christ, the promised Seed, who was the son of Abram. Nothing is left upon record but their names and ages; the Holy Ghost seeming to hasten through them to the history of Abram. How little do we know of those that are gone before us in this world, even of those that lived in the same places where we live, as we likewise know little of those who now live in distant places! We have enough to... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 11:10-26

The Generation of Shem v. 10. These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old and begat Arphaxad two years after the Flood. The genealogical table of Shem is now repeated in detail, because the narrative gradually tends toward the story of the people of God, whose progenitor was Abraham, a descendant of Shem through Eber. v. 11. And Shem lived, after he begat Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. v. 12. And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years and begat... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 11:10-32

FIFTH SECTIONThe race of Shem. The Commenced and Interrupted Migration of Terah to Canaan. The Genesis of the Contrast between Heathendom and the germinal Patriarchalism Genesis 11:10-321. Genealogy of Shem—to Terah.10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old and begat 11Arphaxad10 [Knobel: probably, highland of Chaldæa] two years after the flood. And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 11:10-32

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-pilgrimage, and so the whole family moved along the valley of the Euphrates to the famous ford of Haran. There was no other practicable way by which travelers could strike the route for Canaan. But Terah never advanced beyond that point; and it was only when his father was dead that Abram resumed his... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 11:1-32

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 whole earth. The human action was in opposition to that, as men said, "Lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." This rebellious purpose was frustrated by the confusion of tongues. Necessarily belief in this story demands belief in the possibility of God's direct intervention... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:10-27

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’s man for the times would come. There is a chosen line reflected throughout chapters 1-11, and it leads up to Abram. Genesis 11:10 b ‘Shem was a hundred years old and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood. And Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years and begat sons and daughters.’... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:10-26

Genesis 11:10-Ezekiel : . 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 also great difference between the Heb., Sam., and LXX, but it cannot be discussed here. It is characteristic of P, where no information is available, to bridge over the gap by a genealogy rather than leave an absolute blank. The period from the Flood to the birth of Abraham... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 11:26

i.e. Began to beget, as Genesis 5:32. Abram, who is first named in order of dignity, (for which cause Shem is put before Ham and Japheth, and Moses before Aaron), not in order of time, which seems to be this: Haran probably was the eldest, because Nahor married his daughter; Nahor the second; and Abram certainly was the youngest, because Terah, Abram's father, lived two hundred and five years, Genesis 11:32, and Abram after his father's death, Acts 7:4, went out of Haran, when he was... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 11:10-26

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 HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 11:10-26THE GENERATIONS OF SHEM“These are the generations.” This is the usual phrase, employed in several places in this book, to mark a new development in the history. Here, it marks the beginning of the fifth document, in which the generations of Shem are recorded. As is... read more