THE SIN OF THE NATIONS (11:1-9). We are now to be shown why the nations divided up into different languages with the consequent suspicions, hatreds and warfares which resulted. Overall it will be seen as a result of puffed up pride and deliberate rebellion against God. (This chapter is only seen as... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Chapter s 1-11, and it leads... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CALL OF ABRAM (GENESIS 11:27 TO GENESIS 12:9) Genesis 11:27 ‘Terah begat Abram, Nahor and Haran, and Haran begat Lot. And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves, the name of Abram's wife w... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And Sarai was barren. She had no child.' The matter is stated quite starkly to explain why no information is given as to Abram's seed. Abram and Sarai stood out from the others in that they had no children, which in those days was a matter of great grief and shame. It also caused problems in the m... [ Continue Reading ]