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Genesis 11:10-26

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The Descendants of Shem

10 These are the generations of Shem. When Shem {was one hundred years old}, he fathered Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
11 And Shem lived five hundred years after he fathered Arphaxad, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.
12 When Arphaxad had lived thirty-five years, he fathered Shelah.
13 And Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years after he fathered Shelah, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.
14 When Shelah had lived thirty years, he fathered Eber.
15 And Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he fathered Eber, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.
16 When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he fathered Peleg.
17 And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he fathered Peleg, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg had lived thirty years, he fathered Reu.
19 And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he fathered Reu, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.
20 When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he fathered Serug.
21 And Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he fathered Serug, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.
22 When Serug had lived thirty years, he fathered Nahor.
23 And Serug lived two hundred years after he fathered Nahor, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he fathered Terah.
25 And Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he fathered Terah, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.
26 When Terah had lived seventy years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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Genesis 11:10-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 11

This chapter gives an account of the inhabitants of the earth before the confusion of tongues at Babel, of their speech and language, which was one and the same, and of the place where they dwelt, Ge 11:1,2 and of their design to build a city and tower, to make them a name and keep them together, which they put in execution, Ge 11:3,4 of the notice the Lord took of this affair, and of the method he took to put a stop to their designs, by confounding their speech, and dispersing them abroad upon the face of the earth, Ge 11:5-9 then follows a genealogy of Shem's posterity down to Abraham, Ge 11:10-26 and a particular relation is given of Terah, the father of Abraham, and his family, and of his going forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, in order to go into the land of Canaan, and of his death at Haran by the way, Ge 11:27-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "family records"
  • [b]. Literally "the son of one hundred years"
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