Genesis 11:10-29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:18

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu. Or Ragau, as he is called in the Septuagint version, the letter ע being pronounced as a "G", as in Gaza and Gomorrah: he is supposed to give name to a large plain called Ragau, near Assyria, about Tigris and Euphrates,"Even in those days king Nabuchodonosor made war with king Arphaxad in the great plain, which is the plain in the borders of Ragau.' ( Judith 1:5 )and to Ragis in Media,"In that day Tobit remembered the money which he had... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:19

And Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years ,.... In all two hundred and thirty nine, little more than half the age of his father: and begat sons and daughters ; but not named the Arabic writers F7 Elmacinus apud Hottinger. p. 269. say he begat Melchizedek the priest, and that he died in the month Elul, A. M. 3126; and a Jewish writer F8 R. Gedaliah, ut supra. (Shalshalet, fol. 1. 2.) says he died in the forty eighth year of Abraham. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:20

And Reu lived thirty two years, and begat Serug. He is thought to give name to a city called Sarug, which, according to the Arabic geographer F9 Apud Bochart. Phaleg. l. 2. c. 14. Colossians 95 . , was near Charrae, or Haran, in Chaldea; and another Arabic writer F10 Comment. ad Tab. Ilchanic apud Hyde, Hist. Relig. Pers. c. 2. 57. speaks of a city called to this day "Sarug", which he places in Mesopotamia. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:21

And Reu lived, after he begat Sarug, two hundred and seven years ,.... So that the whole of his life was two hundred and thirty nine years, the exact age of his father: in his days various kingdoms arose; according to the Arabic writer F11 Elmacinus, p. 29. apud Hottinger. p. 270. , in the one hundred and thirtieth year of his life began Nimrod to reign at Babylon, the first king that reigned on earth: and according to the Jewish writers F12 Juchasin, fol. 135. 2. Shalshalet... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:22

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor. The grandfather of Abraham, one of the same name was Abraham's brother, Genesis 11:26 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:23

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 the above Jewish writer F15 R. Gedaliah, Shalshalet. fol. 2. 1. , in the one hundredth year of Abraham, and in his days, according to the eastern writers F16 Apud Hyde, ut supra. (Hist. Relig. Pers. c. 2. 57.) , idolatry began, and the kingdom of Damascus was set up F17 Juchasin,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:24

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. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:25

And Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, one hundred and ninteen years ,.... In all one hundred and forty eight years; so sensibly did the lives of the patriarchs decrease: in the days of Nahor, the Arabic writers F20 Patricides, p. 15. Elmacinus, p. 30. apud Hottinger. p. 279,280. say, was a great earthquake, which had never been observed before; idolaters increasing and offering their children to demons, God raised a tempest like a deluge, which broke their images and destroyed their... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:26

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Abram, though named first, does not appear to be the eldest, but rather Haran; nay, it seems pretty plain that Abram was not born until the one hundred and thirtieth year of his father's life, for Terah was two hundred and five years old when he died, Genesis 11:32 and Abram was but seventy five years of age when he went out of Haran to Canaan, Genesis 12:4 and that was as soon as his father died there; and so that if... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:27

Now these are the generations of Terah ,.... Or the genealogy of his posterity, which is a very short one; for it only gives an account of his three sons as before: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran : and of three grand children, Lot, Milcah, and Iscah, the children of Haran; and chiefly for the sake of Abram it is given, and indeed the above genealogy of Shem, which ends with him; and of whom and whose posterity the remaining part of this book of Genesis treats: and Haran begat Lot... read more

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