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- Section X - Abraham
- XXXVI. The Father of Abram
27. לוט _lôṭ_, Lot, “veil;” verb: “cover.”
28. אוּר _'ûr_, Ur, “light, flame.” כשׂדים
_kaśdı̂ym_, Kasdim, Cardi, Kurds, Χαλδαῖοι _Kaldaioi_....
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CHAPTER 11:1-9 THE TOWER OF BABEL AND THE SCATTERING OF THE NATIONS
_ 1. The unity of the nations in Shinar (Genesis 11:1)_
2. Their attempt: “Let us make” (Genesis 11:3)
3. The divine answer: “Let...
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THE SONS OF TERAH. Derived from P and J. Genesis 11:27 and Genesis
11:31 f. are clearly from P, Genesis 11:28 probably from J (there are
phraseological grounds), and...
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BEFORE HIS FATHER. The first death so recorded. Ur. the _Uru_ or
"city" of the cuneiform texts. Now. Mugheir on W. bank of Euphrates....
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The Sons of Terah. (J and P.)
27. _Now these are_, &c. The story of Abram commences here with the
heading of a section from P. Cf. Genesis 25:19, "And these are the
generations of Isaac."
_Haran bega...
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This and the following verse are taken from J, and commence the
personal history of the patriarch.
_Haran died_ This may indicate a tradition that the hill people, or
families who joined the main bod...
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PART TWENTY-FIVE:
THE GENERATIONS OF TERAH
(Genesis 11:27-32)
_The Central Theme (Motif) of the Bible_
The Bible is not, was never intended to be, a book of science, or a
book of philosophy (which i...
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_AND HARAN DIED BEFORE HIS FATHER TERAH IN THE LAND OF HIS NATIVITY,
IN UR OF THE CHALDEES._
Haran died ... in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Josephus speaks of the sepulchre being...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 11
THE TALL BUILDING AT BABEL
V1 All the people who were on the earth had one language. They all
had one set of words. V2 And men travelled from...
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Nahor’s brother Haran died. After that, Nahor married Haran’s
daughter Milcah. So Nahor married his niece. In those times, a man
would marry his niece if her father had died.
TERAH AND ABRAM LEAVE UR...
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HARAN DIED BEFORE HIS FATHER. — Heb., _in the presence of his
father._ This is the first recorded instance of a premature death
caused by natural decay.
IN UR OF THE CHALDEES. — _Ur_-_Casdim._ A flood...
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וַ יָּ֣מָת הָרָ֔ן עַל ־פְּנֵ֖י
תֶּ֣רַח אָבִ֑י
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THE CALL OF ABRAHAM
Genesis 11:27; Genesis 12:1
WITH Abraham there opens a new chapter in the history of the race; a
chapter of the profoundest significance. The consequences of Abraham's
movements a...
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THE GENERATIONS UNTIL ABRAM
Genesis 11:10
The inwardness of the movement of Terah's clan from Ur is given in
Acts 7:3. Apparently his father was unwilling for Abram to go alone on
his far-pilgrimage,...
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In this chapter we have the account of a human movement against
dispersion. The movement was one of rebellion and was frustrated by
divine interposition. The divine intention was the covering of the
w...
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A FAMILY FOR GOD'S PURPOSE
For the Savior to come to earth as the seed of woman and shed his
blood, he had to be born. Such a birth would require a family, or
lineage. Naturally, we would expect God...
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There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention
may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with
facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
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28._And Haran died_. Haran is said to have died before the face of his
father; because he left his father the survivor. It is also said that
he died in his country, that is, in Ur. The Jews turn the p...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11.
Chapter s 10, 11 give us the history of the world as peopled and
established after the deluge, and the ways of men in this new world;
the great pla...
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AND HARAN DIED BEFORE HIS FATHER TERAH,.... In his father's presence,
before his face, in his life time, as Jarchi; he seeing him, as Aben
Ezra: it does not so much respect the time of his death, that...
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And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in
Ur of the Chaldees.
Ver. 28. _And Haran died before his father Terah._] The Hebrews say
he died a martyr, being burnt with fire...
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1 One language in the world.
3 The building of Babel.
5 The confusion of tongues.
10 The generations of Shem.
27 The generations of Terah the father of Abram.
31 Terah goeth from Vr to Haran.
1...
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And Haran died before, that is, during the lifetime of, HIS FATHER
TERAH IN THE LAND OF HIS NATIVITY, IN UR OF THE CHALDEES. This, then,
was the ancestral home of this family of the descendants of She...
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The Generations of Terah...
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FIFTH SECTION
_The race of Shem. The Commenced and Interrupted Migration of Terah to
Canaan. The Genesis of the Contrast between Heathendom and the
germinal Patriarchalism_
GENESIS 11:10-32
1. Gene...
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BABEL: THE CITY AND THE TOWER
Up to this time there was only one language. In the world today men
wish they could have this advantage, but God is wiser than men. Men
desire this for the very same rea...
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27-32 Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in both
Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of false
gods. Those who are through grace, heirs of the land of promis...
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i.e. In the presence and during the life of his father....
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This is a chapter of very deep interest to the spiritual mind. It
records two great facts, namely, the building of Babel, and the call
of Abraham; or, in other words, man's effort to provide for himse...
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Genesis 11:28 Haran H2039 died H4191 (H8799) before H6440 father H1
Terah H8646 native H4138 land H776 Ur...
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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 nativit...
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CONTENTS: Failure under Noamic covenant. Tower of Babel. Scattering of
the people. Ancestry of Abram.
CHARACTERS: Shem, Terah, Abram, Lot, Sarai.
CONCLUSION: Man ever builds under the heavens, seeki...
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Genesis 11:1. _One language_ or lip. These words are to be literally
understood, because it is added, God confounded their language. There
has been a long and unavailing dispute whether the Chaldaic,...
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_Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and
Haran_
THE DAWN OF ABRAM’S HISTORY
Here we have the commencement of the sixth document, indicated by the
usual preface, “These...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 11:28 UR OF THE CHALDEANS was a city in
southern Babylonia, the remains of which are located in modern Iraq.
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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...
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PART III THE PATRIARCHAL AGE OF THE WORLD. CH. 11:27-50:26.
7. THE GENERATIONS OF TERAH (CH. 11:27-25:11).
GENESIS 11:27
NOW (literally, _and, _intimating the close connection of the present
with th...
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Now in chapter eleven.
The whole earth was of one language, and one speech (Genesis 11:1).
Probably Hebrew because in the earlier record of the book of Genesis,
the names of the people were Hebrew n...
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Ur. Genesis 15:7 Nehemiah 9:7 Acts 7:2...
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How could Abraham’s family be from Ur of the Chaldees when elsewhere
it says his ancestors came from Haran?
PROBLEM: There is an apparent conflict as to where Abraham is really
from. Genesis 11:28 say...