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
Genesis 11:12-24 Esv
John Gill
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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
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:14
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber. He had a son born to him five years sooner than his father had; of Eber; see Gill on Genesis 10:25 . read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:15
And Salah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years ,.... In all four hundred and thirty three: and begat sons and daughters ; of whom also there is no other account: the same Arabic writer F3 Ut supra, (Apud Ibid.) p. 261. says, he died in the month, Adar, which is called Barhamath, at the close of A. M. 2950; and the Jewish chronologer F4 R. Gedaliah, ut supra. (Shalshalet, fol. 1. 2.) says, he died in the fourteenth year of Jacob. read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:16
And Eber lived thirty four years, and begat Peleg. Of Peleg, see Gill on Genesis 10:25 . read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:17
And Eber lived, after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years ,.... All the years of his life were four hundred and sixty four: and he begat sons and daughters ; one of which is elsewhere mentioned, whose name is Joktan, Genesis 10:25 according to the above Jewish writer F5 R. Gedaliah, Shalshalet, fol. 1. 2. , he died in the seventy ninth year of Jacob. read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:18
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu. Or Ragau, as he is called in the Septuagint version, the letter ע being pronounced as a "G", as in Gaza and Gomorrah: he is supposed to give name to a large plain called Ragau, near Assyria, about Tigris and Euphrates,"Even in those days king Nabuchodonosor made war with king Arphaxad in the great plain, which is the plain in the borders of Ragau.' ( Judith 1:5 )and to Ragis in Media,"In that day Tobit remembered the money which he had... read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:19
And Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years ,.... In all two hundred and thirty nine, little more than half the age of his father: and begat sons and daughters ; but not named the Arabic writers F7 Elmacinus apud Hottinger. p. 269. say he begat Melchizedek the priest, and that he died in the month Elul, A. M. 3126; and a Jewish writer F8 R. Gedaliah, ut supra. (Shalshalet, fol. 1. 2.) says he died in the forty eighth year of Abraham. read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:20
And Reu lived thirty two years, and begat Serug. He is thought to give name to a city called Sarug, which, according to the Arabic geographer F9 Apud Bochart. Phaleg. l. 2. c. 14. Colossians 95 . , was near Charrae, or Haran, in Chaldea; and another Arabic writer F10 Comment. ad Tab. Ilchanic apud Hyde, Hist. Relig. Pers. c. 2. 57. speaks of a city called to this day "Sarug", which he places in Mesopotamia. read more
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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