Genesis 11:10-13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 11:10-26

We have here a genealogy, not an endless genealogy, for here it ends in Abram, the friend of God, and leads further to Christ, the promised seed, who was the son of Abram, and from Abram the genealogy of Christ is reckoned (Matt. 1:1-17); so that put Gen. 5:1-32; 11:10-26; Matt. 1:1-17, together, and you have such an entire genealogy of Jesus Christ as cannot be produced, for aught I know, concerning any person in the world, out of his line, and at such a distance from the fountain-head. And,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:10

These are the generations of Shem ,.... Or a genealogy of the posterity of Shem; not of all of them, only of those of the line which led to Abraham, by which might appear the true line in which the Messiah from Adam through Abraham sprung: Shem was one hundred years old, and begat Arphexad two years after the flood ; by which it is pretty plain that he was younger than Japheth; See Gill on Genesis 10:21 of Arphaxad his son; see Gill on Genesis 10:22 . read more

John Gill

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

And Shem lived, after he begat Arphaxad, five hundred years ,.... So that his whole age was six hundred years, and therefore must live to the times of Abraham, and even throughout the life of that patriarch, or near the end of it; and if he was the same with Melchizedek, as is the general opinion of the Jews, and is embraced by many Christians, they had an interview with each other: and begat sons and daughters ; of whom we have no account, because the Messiah did not spring from them;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:12

And Arphaxad lived thirty five years, and begat Salah. Arphaxad is the first on record that had a son born to him so early; of Salah; see Gill on Genesis 10:24 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:13

And Arphaxad lived, after he begat Salah, four hundred and three years ,.... In all four hundred and thirty eight; the Vulgate Latin wrongly reads, three hundred and three: and begat sons and daughters ; not mentioned by name: he died, as the above Arabic writer F26 Apud Ibid. p. 260. says, in the month Nisan, A. M. 2696; and a Jewish writer F1 R. Gedaliah, ut supra. (Shalshalet, fol. 1. 2.) says he died in the forty eighth year of Isaac, and who also says F2 Ib. fol. 75.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:10

These are the generations of Shem - This may he called the holy family, as from it sprang Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the twelve patriarchs, David, Solomon, and all the great progenitors of the Messiah. We have already seen that the Scripture chronology, as it exists in the Hebrew text, the Samaritan, the Septuagint, Josephus, and some of the fathers, is greatly embarrassed; and it is yet much more so in the various systems of learned and unlearned chronologists. For a full and rational view of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:12

And Arphaxad lived - The Septuagint bring in here a second Cainan, with an addition of one hundred and thirty years. St. Luke follows the Septuagint, and brings in the same person in the same way. But the Hebrew text, both here and in 1 Chronicles 1:1-28, is perfectly silent on this subject, and the best chronologists have agreed in rejecting this as a spurious generation. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:10

Verse 10 10.These are the generations of Shem. Concerning the progeny of Shem, Moses had said something in the former chapter Genesis 10:1 : but now he combines with the names of the men, the term of their several lives, that we might not be ignorant of the age of the world. For unless this brief description had been preserved, men at this day would not have known how much time intervened between the deluge and the day in which God made his covenant with Abraham. Moreover, it is to be observed,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:10

These are the generations of Shem . The new section, opening with the usual formula (cf. Genesis 2:4 ; Genesis 5:1 ; Genesis 6:9 ; Genesis 10:1 ), reverts to the main purpose of the inspired narrative, which is to trace the onward development of the line of promise; and this it does by carrying forward the genealogical history of the holy seed through ten generations till it reaches Abram. Taken along with Genesis 5:1-32 ; with which it corresponds, the present table completes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:10-26

From Shem to Abram. I. THE SEPARATION OF THE GODLY SEED . The souls that constitute the Church of God upon the earth are always, as these Hebrew patriarchs— 1. Known to God ; and that not merely in the mass, but as individuals, or units; nor simply superficially and slightly, but minutely and thoroughly. He knows the fathers they descend from, the families they belong to, the names by which they are designated, the number of years they live, and the children they leave... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 11:10-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:10

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:10-26

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