CRITICAL NOTES.—
The whole earth.] The then known world with all its human inhabitants.
ONE LANGUAGE AND OF ONE SPEECH.] _Heb. Of one lip, and one (kind of)
words._ Murphy renders, “Of one lip and one stock of words,” and
remarks, “In the table of nations the term ‘tongue’ was used to
signify what i... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 11:10. These are the generations of Shem] The genealogies are
here only given in part, the writer’s object being to trace the
pedigree of Abram from Shem.—
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 11:10_
THE GENERATIONS OF SHEM
“These are the generations.” This is the... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 11:28. Ur of the Chaldees] “_Ur_ in Heb. means _light,_ and
was probably so called from the Persian idolatry of _fire worship,_
prevalent among this people. Abram was called by God out of this
region of idolaters, to be a follower of the true God”
(_Jacobus_).—
GENESIS 11:2... [ Continue Reading ]