And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu . Friend (cf. of God, or of men), or friendship ; from a root signifying to pasture, to tend, to care for. Bochart traces his descendants in the great Nisaean plain Ragan (Judith 1:6), situated on the confines of Armenia and Media, and having, according to Strabo, a city named Ragae or Ragiae. And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years , and begat sons and daughters. read more
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug. Vine-shoot, from sarag, to wind (Gesenius, Lange, Lewis, Murphy); strength, firmness, from the sense of twisting which the root bears (Furst). And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years , and begat sons and daughters. read more
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor . Panting . (Gesenius); from nachar, to breathe hard, to snort. Piercer, slayer (Furst); from an unused root signifying to Bore through. And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years , and begat sons and daughters. read more
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah . Terach, or turning, tarrying; from tarach, an unused Chaldaean root meaning to delay (Gesenius); singularly appropriate to his future character and history, from which probably the name reverted to him. Ewald renders Terach by "migration, considering Tarach = arach, to stretch out. A nd Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years , and begat sons and daughters. read more
- 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
Preparation for Abram (11:10-26)During the period between Noah and Abram, the earth’s population increased greatly. People migrated to various regions, and many tribal groups, even nations, were established (see 10:1-32). It appears from this that there must have been more than ten generations between Noah and Abram. In that case, the genealogy recorded here has been simplified, the ten names listed being those of ten leading men of that period. (See notes on 5:1-32.)The genealogy from Shem to... read more
Salah. Luke 3:36 says Cainan, but this was probably a gloss from Septuagint, and crept into the text. No second Cainan in Hebrew text here or elsewhere. Compare 1 Chronicles 1:18 . read more
Eber. See above, Genesis 10:24 . Peleg born (Genesis 10:25 ) Genesis 10:14 years before Genesis 11:9 . read more
Peleg. See above, Genesis 10:25 (Luke 3:36 , Phalec). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:16-17
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg. Division ; from palag , to divide. For the reason of this cognomen vide Genesis 10:25 . And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years , and begat sons and daughters. read more