Genesis 11

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

* One language in the world, The building of Babel. (1-4) The confusion of tongues, The builders of Babel dispersed. (5-9) The descendants of Shem. (10-26) Terah, father of Abram, grandfather of Lot, they remove to Haran. (27-32) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:1-4

1-4 How soon men forget the most tremendous judgments, and go back to their former crimes! Though the desolations of the deluge were before their eyes, though they sprang from the stock of righteous Noah, yet even during his life-time, wickedness increases exceedingly. Nothing but the sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit can remove the sinful lusts of the human will, and the depravity of the human heart. God's purpose was, that mankind should form many nations, and people all lands. In contempt... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:5-9

5-9 Here is an expression after the manner of men; The Lord came down to see the city. God is just and fair in all he does against sin and sinners, and condemns none unheard. Pious Eber is not found among this ungodly crew; for he and his are called the children of God; their souls joined not themselves to the assembly of these children of men. God suffered them to go on some way, that the works of their hands, from which they promised themselves lasting honour, might turn to their lasting... 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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:27-32

27-32 Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in both Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of false gods. Those who are through grace, heirs of the land of promise, ought to remember what was the land of their birth; what was their corrupt and sinful state by nature. Abram's brethren were, Nahor, out of whose family both Isaac and Jacob had their wives; and Haran, the father of Lot, who died before his father. Children cannot be sure that they shall outlive... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Genesis 11:1-4

Gen_11:1 Gen_13:4 . The closing verse of Genesis 10.0 alluded to the distribution of the nations of the earth after the flood. The first nine verses of Genesis 11.0 tell us how that division came about. For some time after the flood nations did not exist. All men were descendants of Noah: a rapidly increasing family, but all speaking alike. As time went on population increased and the urge to push outward from the original centre became irresistible. The pioneers of this movement were... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 11:1-4

The building of the Tower v. 1. And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. Much of the explanatory matter in the preceding Chapter, as well as the mention of various languages, belongs to a later period of history, being indicated there merely for the sake of offering a complete picture. The story which is now told belongs to a period only about one hundred years after the Flood, if we may assume that it occurred at the time when Peleg was born. At that time all the people of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 11:5-9

The Beginning of the Various Languages v. 5. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded. God could not let this challenge to His almighty government of the world go unanswered. He made arrangements to interfere. For though it was a mighty city which the children of men were building, a city whose dimensions astonish the explorer even today, the foundations of whose tower and of the many other architectural adornments are a source of constant... 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

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 11:27-32

The Generations of Terah v. 27. Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. Haran may have been the oldest son, and his son Lot was nearer to Abraham's age. v. 28. And Haran died before, that is, during the lifetime of, his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. This, then, was the ancestral home of this family of the descendants of Shem. v. 29. And Abram and Nahor took them wives; the name of Abram's wife was... read more

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:1-4

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:5-9

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:27-32

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Genesis 11:1-4

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 11:1-4

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 11:5-9

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

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 11:27-32

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