Genesis 11,Genesis 12:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:6

Vain imaginings 1. Commonly spring from misused blessings. A united people, with a common language, and enjoying a measure of 'success in their buildings, the Babelites became vain in their imaginings. So do wicked men generally misinterpret the Divine beneficence and leniency which suffers them to proceed a certain length with their wickedness (cf. Romans 1:21 ; 2 Timothy 3:9 ). 2. Are never unobserved by him against whom they are directed ( Deuteronomy 31:21 ; 1 Chronicles... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:7

Go to . An ironical contrast to the "Go to" of the builders (Lange). Let us (cf. Genesis 1:26 ) go down, and there confound their language ( vide infra, Genesis 11:9 ), that they may not understand (literally, hear ; so Genesis 42:23 ; Isaiah 36:11 ; 1 Corinthians 14:2 ) one another's speech. Not referring to individuals ( singuli homines ), since then society were impossible, but to families or nations ( singulae cognationes ) , which each had its own... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:7

Babel and Zion. 1. Confusion, division, dispersion. 2. Gathering the dispersed, uniting the divided, restoring order to the confused.— W . §6. THE GENERATIONS OF SHEM ( Genesis 11:10-26 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:8

So (literally, and) the Lord scattered them abroad (as the result of the confusion of their speech) upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. I .e. as a united community, which does not preclude the idea of the Babylonians subsequently finishing the structure. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:9

Therefore is the name of it called Babel . For Balbel, confusion ( συ ì γχυσις , LXX ; Josephus), from Balal, to confound; the derivation given by the sacred writer in the following clause (cf. for the elision of the letter l, totaphah for tophtaphah, Exodus 13:16 , and cochav for covcav, Genesis 37:9 ). Other derivations suggested are Bab-Bel, the gate or court of Bolus (Eichhorn, Lange), an explanation of the term which Furst thinks not impossible, and Kalisch... 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

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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

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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

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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

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:11

And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years , and begat sons and daughters (concerning whom Scripture is silent, as not being included in the holy line). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:10-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:10-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:10-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 11:11

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