Bereshis 11:10-26

10 These are the toldot of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and fathered Arpachshad two years after the mabbul;

11 And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad five hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

12 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty shanah, and fathered Salah;

13 And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelach four hundred and three shanim, and fathered banim and banot.

14 And Shelach lived thirty shanah, and fathered Ever;

15 And Shelach lived after he fathered Ever four hundred and three shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

16 And Ever lived four and thirty shanah, and fathered Peleg;

17 And Ever lived after he fathered Peleg four hundred and thirty shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

18 And Peleg lived thirty shanah, and fathered Reu;

19 And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu two hundred and nine shanim, and fathered banim and banot.

20 And Reu lived two and thirty shanah, and fathered Serug;

21 And Reu lived after he fathered Serug two hundred and seven shanim, and fathered banim and banot.

22 And Serug lived thirty shanah, and fathered Nachor;

23 And Serug lived after he fathered Nachor two hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

24 And Nachor lived nine and twenty shanah, and fathered Terach;

25 And Nachor lived after he fathered Terach a hundred and nineteen shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

26 And Terach lived seventy shanah, and fathered Avram, Nachor, and Haran.

Bereshis 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.