Genesis 11:16-19

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 11:16

And Eber lived thirty four years, and begat Peleg. Of Peleg, see Gill on Genesis 10:25 . read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:10-26

The order of grace is 1. Determined by God, and not by man. 2. Arranged after the Spirit, and not according to the flesh. 3. Appointed for the world's good as well as for the Church's safety.— W . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:10-32

Divine traditions. A genealogy of Shem and of Terah, in order to set forth clearly the position of Abraham and that of his nephew Lot, and their connection with Ur of the Chaldees and Canaan. The chosen family is about to be separated from their country, but we are not told that there was no light of God shining in Ur of the Chaldees. Probably there was the tradition of Shem's knowledge handed down through the generations. Arphaxad was born two years after the Flood; Salah, thirty-seven... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:18-19

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

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