E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 11:24
Terah. Name probably = traveller. read more
Genesis 11
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 11:27
Generations of Terah. The centre of the eleven. See page 1 and App-29 . Abram the youngest comes first (born 1996). Compare Shem (Genesis 10:21 ), Jacob (Genesis 25:23 ; Genesis 27:15 ), Ephraim (Genesis 48:20 ). read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 11:28
before his father. The first death so recorded. Ur = the Uru or "city" of the cuneiform texts. Now = Mugheir on W. bank of Euphrates. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 11:31
Terah took. Terah being 200 and Abram 70. Compare Genesis 15:7 . Joshua 24:3 .Nehemiah 9:7 . Acts 7:2-4 .Hebrews 11:8 . daughter in law = daughter by another wife. See App-29 . they. Others beside those named. Compare Genesis 24:10 , Genesis 24:15 ; Genesis 29:10 . Ur = a city of great pretensions. Recent excavations show luxury and attainments. Abraham no nomad. See note on Genesis 11:28 . Haran. Not the Haran of Genesis 11:26 above; but Charran (Acts 7:2 , Acts 7:4 ), the frontier town... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 11:32
died in Haran (Charran). With this Acts 7:4 agrees. Not seeing this, the Massorites wrongly marked Genesis 11:32 with an inverted Nun () as being a dislocation of the Text. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 11
Toledoth V (Genesis 11:10-26)Toledoth VI (Genesis 11:27)It would be impossible to exaggerate the importance of this chapter, since it recounts the Second Hardening of mankind, in which, on the plains of Shinar there flowered the second general rebellion of humanity against the Creator. The same pattern is evident in both. In the first, it began with a single act of disobedience; but it eventually resulted in the total corruption of Adam's race, the First Judicial Hardening of humanity, followed... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 11:1-2
"And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.""The whole earth ... one language ... one speech ..." Since all people at that time were descendants of Noah, therefore being one family, it could scarcely have been any other way than as stated here."They journeyed east ..." The older versions read "from the east" (KJV), and "when they removed from the east" (Douay), etc.;... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 11:3
"And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.""Brick ... slime had they for mortar ..." The absence of building stone on the plains of Shinar led to the perfection of the brick industry, thus providing materials for the ambitious project contemplated. "The word for slime here is [~hemar], that is bitumen or asphalt."[7] This was a different substance from that used in preparing the ark for Moses, or... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 11:20
Serug born (Luke 3:35 . Saruch). read more