Genesis 11:12-24 ESV

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

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:10-26

Genesis 11:10-Ezekiel : . The Descendants of Shem.— This section, like Genesis 11:5, is taken from P. Here the formula is abbreviated, but whether this was so originally or due to an impatient editor is uncertain. There is also great difference between the Heb., Sam., and LXX, but it cannot be discussed here. It is characteristic of P, where no information is available, to bridge over the gap by a genealogy rather than leave an absolute blank. The period from the Flood to the birth of Abraham... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 11:17

So that he was the longest lived of all the patriarchs which were born after the flood. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 11:24

Nahor was the first patriarch who fell to idolatry. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 11:10-26

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 11:10. These are the generations of Shem] The genealogies are here only given in part, the writer’s object being to trace the pedigree of Abram from Shem.—MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 11:10-26THE GENERATIONS OF SHEM“These are the generations.” This is the usual phrase, employed in several places in this book, to mark a new development in the history. Here, it marks the beginning of the fifth document, in which the generations of Shem are recorded. As is... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:1-32

Chapter 11Now in chapter eleven.The whole earth was of one language, and one speech ( Genesis 11:1 ).Probably Hebrew because in the earlier record of the book of Genesis, the names of the people were Hebrew names that have Hebrew meanings. And so the original language was perhaps the Hebrew language itself. "The whole earth was of one language, one speech."And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 11:1-32

Genesis 11:1. One language or lip. These words are to be literally understood, because it is added, God confounded their language. There has been a long and unavailing dispute whether the Chaldaic, the Hebrew, or the Arabic was the most ancient language. But since the oriental languages were studied, this subject has been discussed with more success. Epiphanius, a bishop of the fourth age, wrote in five languages, and he gives the name of dialects, not distinct languages, to the families... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 11:10-26

Genesis 11:10-26These are the generations of ShemThe generations of ShemI.THE LINE IN WHICH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUE GOD WAS PRESERVED. II. THE DIRECTION OF THE STREAM OF HISTORY TOWARDS THE MESSIAH. “God calmly and resolutely proceeds with His purpose of mercy. In the accomplishment of this eternal purpose He moves with all the solemn grandeur of long suffering patience. One day is with Him as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. Out of Adam’s three sons He selects one to be the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 11:12

Gen 11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: Ver. 12. And begat Salah. ] Cainan, say the seventy interpreters, but not according to the Hebrew verity. See for this the note on See Trapp on " Luk 3:36 " read more