Genesis 11

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:29

And Abram and Nahor took them wives (cf. Genesis 6:2 ): the name of Abram's wife was Sarai . " My princess," from sarah, to rule (Gesenius, Lange); "Strife" (Kalisch, Murphy): "Jah is ruler" (Furst). The LXX . write σάρα , changing afterwards to Σαῤῥα to correspond with Sarah. That Sarai was Iscah has been inferred from Genesis 20:12 ; but, though receiving apparent sanction from verse 31, this opinion "is not supported by any solid argument" (Rosenmüller). And the name... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:29-30

Two weddings . I. THE TWO BRIDEGROOMS —Abram and Nahor. 1. Younger sons in Terah's family. 2. Eminent men in Ur of the Chaldees. 3. Favored saints in the Church of God. Marriage is honorable in all. II. THE TWO BRIDES —Sarai and Milcah. 1. Near relations of their husbands. Though permissible at that early stage of the world's history, the intermarriage of relatives so close as half-sister and niece is not now sanctioned by the law of God. 2. Attractive... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren; she had no child . Perhaps in contrast to Milcah, who by this time had begun to have a family (Murphy). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:31

And Terah took —an act of pure human volition on the part of Terah (Kalisch); under the guidance of God's ordinary providence (Keil); but more probably, as Abram was called in Ur ( vide infra ) , prompted by a knowledge of his son's call, and a desire to participate in his son's inheritance (Lange)— Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. The Samaritan reads, "and Milcah his daughter-in-law, the wives of Abram and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:31

The migration of the Terachites. I. THE DEPARTURE OF THE EMIGRANTS . The attendant circumstances of this migration—the gathering of the clan, the mustering of the flocks, the farewells and benedictions exchanged with relatives and friends, the hopes and fears of the adventurous pilgrims—imagination may depict; the reasons which prompted it may be conjectured to have been— 1. The spirit of emigration, which since the dispersion at Babel had been abroad among the primitive... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:32

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years . So that if Abram was born in Terah's 70th year, Terah must have been 145 when Abram left Haran, and must have survived that departure sixty years (Kalisch, Dykes); whereas if Abram was born in his father's 130th year, then Terah must have died before his son's departure from Haran, which agrees with Acts 7:4 . And Terah died in Haran . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 11:1-9

- The Confusion of Tongues1. נסע nāsa‛ “pluck out, break up, journey.” מקדם mı̂qedem “eastward, or on the east side” as in Genesis 2:14; Genesis 13:11; Isaiah 9:11 (12).6. החלם hachı̂lām “their beginning”, for החלם hăchı̂lām, the regular form of this infinitive with a suffix. יזמוּ yāzmû as if from יזם yāzam = זמם zāmam.7. נבלה nābelâh usually said to be for נבלה nābolâh from בלל bālal; but evidently designed by the punctuator to be the third singular feminine perfect of נבל nābal... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 11:10-26

- Section IX - The Line to Abram- XXXV. The Line of Abram18. רעוּ re‛û, Re‘u, “friend;” verb: “feed, delight in, enjoy.”20. שׂרוּג śerûg, Serug, “vine-shoot.”22. נחור nāchôr, Nachor, “snorting.”24. תרה terach, Terach, “delay?” Aramaic.26. אברם 'abrām, Abram, “high father.” הרן hārān Haran, “mountaineer.”The usual phrase, “These are the generations,” marks the beginning of the fifth document. Accordingly, we now enter upon a new phase of human development. The nations have gradually... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 11:27-32

- Section X - Abraham- XXXVI. The Father of Abram27. לוט lôṭ, Lot, “veil;” verb: “cover.”28. אוּר 'ûr, Ur, “light, flame.” כשׂדים kaśdı̂ym, Kasdim, Cardi, Kurds, Χαλδαῖοι Kaldaioi. כסד kesed, “gain?” Arabic. Ur Kasdim has been identified with Hur, now called Mugheir (the bitumened), a heap of ruins lying south of the Euphrates, nearly opposite its jucnction with the Shat el-Hie. Others place it at Edessa, now Orfa, a short way north of Carrhae.29. שׂרי sāray, Sarai, “strife;” שׂרה... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 11

A.M. 1757. B.C. 2247. The distinction between the sons of God and the sons of men now appeared again, when men began to multiply. We have in this chapter, ( 1,) The dispersion of the sons of men at Babel, Genesis 11:1-9 , where we have, 1, Their presumptuous design, to build a city and a tower, Genesis 11:1-4 . Genesis 11:2 , The righteous judgment of God upon them in disappointing their design, by confounding their language, and so scattering them, Genesis 11:5-9 . (2,) The... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:29-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:32

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 11:1-9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 11:10-26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 11:27-32

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 11

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