Genesis 11

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 11:1-9

FOURTH SECTIONThe Tower of Babel, the Confusion of Languages, and the Dispersion of the Nations Genesis 11:1-91And the whole earth was of one language [lip], and of one speech.1 2And it came to pass, as they journeyed2 from the east3, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 3And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly [literally, to a burning]. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar [cement]. 4And they said,... 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 11:1-9

the Confusion of Tongues Genesis 11:1-9 Driven by the fear of another deluge, though God had given distinct assurances to the contrary, and impelled by the desire to perpetuate their name and memory to coming generations, Noah’s descendants began to build on the plain of Shinar-a fertile valley watered by the Euphrates and Tigris. Babel, Babylon and Babylon the Great, such is the lineage of the apostasy which has ever opposed the Church of God; like a shadow, stealing along the wall at our... 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

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 11:1-9

The Tower of Babel Genesis 11:1-9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will give some suggestion as to the connecting link between our last study, and today's. There are two outstanding considerations. 1. Noah's drunkenness. Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood. Just when he began to be a husbandman we may not know, probably soon after he had adjusted himself to his new environment, inasmuch as his sons were still with him. As to his drunkenness we may observe: (1) God tells the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:1

‘OF ONE LANGUAGE’‘And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.’ Genesis 11:1 The New Testament is always converting into blessings the curses of the Old Testament. The burdens and severities of the Law are not only the types but the very substances of Gospel liberty and truth; the confusion of Babel leads to a greater harmony, and its dispersion ends in a more perfect union. I. After the Flood the whole earth was of one language and one speech. Now not even one country has one... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:9

‘WHAT WILL THESE BABBLERS SAY?’‘Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth.’ Genesis 11:9 I. God is not the Author of confusion, but of peace.—Yet once, in His wise compassion, He made confusion in order to prevent it; He destroyed peace, that in the end he might restore it.The history of Babel is far more than a record of the defeated attempt of wicked men to accomplish an impossible folly. The building of that tower was the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:1-9

THE SIN OF THE NATIONS (11:1-9). We are now to be shown why the nations divided up into different languages with the consequent suspicions, hatreds and warfares which resulted. Overall it will be seen as a result of puffed up pride and deliberate rebellion against God. (This chapter is only seen as a new chapter in our Bibles. In the record it was simply a continuation of the narrative). God has not been mentioned in Genesis 10:0 except as a superlative (Genesis 11:9). The nations have grown... 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

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 11:1-9

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

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 11:1-9

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

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

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 11:1-9

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:1

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:9

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:1-9

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

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