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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 Genesis 22:20 (J) refers to Genesi...
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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 beg...
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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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_BUT SARAI WAS BARREN; SHE HAD NO CHILD._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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 t...
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וַ תְּהִ֥י שָׂרַ֖י עֲקָרָ֑ה אֵ֥ין
לָ֖הּ וָלָֽד׃...
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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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30._But Sarai was barren_. Not only does he say that Abram was without
children, but he states the reasons namely, the sterility of his wife;
in order to show that it was by nothing short of an extrao...
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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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BUT SARAI WAS BARREN; SHE HAD NO CHILD. Aben Ezra observes, there are
some that say that Abraham was impotent, and not Sarai barren; the
very reverse of the Scriptures; but as he rightly adds, his son...
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But Sarai was barren; she [had] no child.
Ver. 30. _But Sarai was barren._] Till she had prayed for a child
thirty years, and then she had him with abundance of joy. At first she
believed not the pro...
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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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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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See GENESIS 16:1,2 GENESIS 18:11,12....
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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 11:30 Sarai H8297 barren H6135 child H2056
barren - Genesis 15:2-3, Genesis 16:1-2, Genesis 18:11-12, Genesis
21:1-2, Genesis 25:21, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 30
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‘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 c...
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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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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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barren. Genesis 15:2 Genesis 15:3 Genesis 16:1 Genesis 16:2 Genesis
18:11 Genesis 18:12 Genesis 21:1 Genesis 21:2 Genesis 25:21 Genesis
29:31...