Genesis 11:18-28

18 vixit quoque Faleg triginta annis et genuit Reu

19 vixitque Faleg postquam genuit Reu ducentis novem annis et genuit filios et filias

20 vixit autem Reu triginta duobus annis et genuit Sarug

21 vixitque Reu postquam genuit Sarug ducentis septem annis et genuit filios et filias

22 vixit vero Sarug triginta annis et genuit Nahor

23 vixitque Sarug postquam genuit Nahor ducentos annos et genuit filios et filias

24 vixit autem Nahor viginti novem annis et genuit Thare

25 vixitque Nahor postquam genuit Thare centum decem et novem annos et genuit filios et filias

26 vixitque Thare septuaginta annis et genuit Abram et Nahor et Aran

27 hae sunt autem generationes Thare Thare genuit Abram et Nahor et Aran porro Aran genuit Loth

28 mortuusque est Aran ante Thare patrem suum in terra nativitatis suae in Ur Chaldeorum

Genesis 11:18-28 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.