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The Hebrew title בְּרֵאשִׁית (B'reishit — "In the beginning") identifies Genesis as the Ur-document of all biblical revelation. Moses compiled and wrote Genesis under divine inspiration (affirmed by Jesus in John 5:46; Luke 24:27), drawing on earlier written and oral sources (toledot records).
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- Primary Witness Text: And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hund...
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The Hebrew title בְּרֵאשִׁית (B'reishit — "In the beginning") identifies Genesis as the Ur-document of all biblical revelation. Moses compiled and wrote Genesis under divine inspiration (affirmed by Jesus in John 5:46; Luke 24:27), drawing on earlier written and oral sources (toledot records).
Genesis addresses the deepest human questions: Origin, Identity, Fall, and Hope. Its apologetics force lies in presenting monotheistic creation, human dignity, the origin of evil, and the first redemptive promise (3:15) — each revolutionary in its ancient Near Eastern context where polytheism, fatalism, and cyclical time dominated all rival cosmologies.
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Genesis 11:1
Hebrew
וֽ͏ַיְהִי כָל־הָאָרֶץ שָׂפָה אֶחָת וּדְבָרִים אֲחָדִֽים׃vayehiy-khal-ha'aretz-shafah-'echat-vdevariym-'achadiym
KJV: And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
AKJV: And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
ASV: And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
YLT: And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
Exposition: Genesis 11:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:2
Hebrew
וֽ͏ַיְהִי בְּנָסְעָם מִקֶּדֶם וֽ͏ַיִּמְצְאוּ בִקְעָה בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָר וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃vayehiy-venase'am-miqedem-vayimetze'v-viqe'ah-ve'eretz-shine'ar-vayeshevv-sham
KJV: And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
AKJV: And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelled there.
ASV: And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
YLT: and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
Commentary WitnessGenesis 11:2Quoted commentary witness
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Genesis 11:2
Verse 2 As they journeyed from the east - Assyria, Mesopotamia, and the country on the borders and beyond the Euphrates, are called the east in the sacred writings. Balaam said that the king of Moab had brought him from the mountains of the east, Num 23:7. Now it appears, from Num 22:5, that Balaam dwelt at Pethor, on the river Euphrates. And it is very probable that it was from this country that the wise men came to adore Christ; for it is said they came from the east to Jerusalem, Mat 2:1. Abraham is said to have come from the east to Canaan, Isa 41:2; but it is well known that he came from Mesopotamia and Chaldea. Isa 46:11, represents Cyrus as coming from the east against Babylon. And the same prophet represents the Syrians as dwelling eastward of Jerusalem, Isa 9:12 : The Syrians before, מקדם mikkedem, from the east, the same word which Moses uses here. Dan 11:44, represents Antiochus as troubled at news received from the east; i.e. of a revolt in the eastern provinces, beyond the Euphrates. Noah and his family, landing after the flood on one of the mountains of Armenia, would doubtless descend and cultivate the valleys: as they increased, they appear to have passed along the banks of the Euphrates, till, at the time specified here, they came to the plains of Shinar, allowed to be the most fertile country in the east. See Calmet. That Babel was built in the land of Shinar we have the authority of the sacred text to prove; and that Babylon was built in the same country we have the testimony of Eusebius, Praep. Evang., lib. ix., c. 15; and Josephus, Antiq., lib. i., c. 5.
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Genesis 11:2
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Num 23:7
- Num 22:5
- Mat 2:1
- Isa 41:2
- Isa 46:11
- Isa 9:12
- Dan 11:44
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Josephus
- Moses
- Assyria
- Mesopotamia
- Euphrates
- Pethor
- Christ
- Jerusalem
- Canaan
- Chaldea
- Babylon
- Armenia
- Shinar
- See Calmet
- Eusebius
- Praep
- Evang
- Antiq
Exposition: Genesis 11:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:3
Hebrew
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ הָבָה נִלְבְּנָה לְבֵנִים וְנִשְׂרְפָה לִשְׂרֵפָה וַתְּהִי לָהֶם הַלְּבֵנָה לְאָבֶן וְהַחֵמָר הָיָה לָהֶם לַחֹֽמֶר׃vayo'merv-'iysh-'el-re'ehv-havah-nilevenah-leveniym-venisherefah-lisherefah-vatehiy-lahem-halevenah-le'aven-vehachemar-hayah-lahem-lachomer
KJV: And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
AKJV: And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
ASV: And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
YLT: and they say each one to his neighbour, ‘Give help, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.
Commentary WitnessGenesis 11:3Quoted commentary witness
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Genesis 11:3
Verse 3 Let us make brick - It appears they were obliged to make use of brick, as there was an utter scarcity of stones in that district; and on the same account they were obliged to use slime, that is, bitumen, (Vulg). ασφαλτος, (Septuagint) for mortar: so it appears they had neither common stone nor lime-stone; hence they had brick for stone, and asphaltus or bitumen instead of mortar.
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Genesis 11:3
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- Septuagint
Exposition: Genesis 11:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:4
Hebrew
וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָבָה ׀ נִבְנֶה־לָּנוּ עִיר וּמִגְדָּל וְרֹאשׁוֹ בַשָּׁמַיִם וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־לָּנוּ שֵׁם פֶּן־נָפוּץ עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃vayo'merv-havah- -niveneh-lanv-'iyr-vmigedal-vero'shvo-vashamayim-vena'asheh-lanv-shem-fen-nafvtz-'al-feney-khal-ha'aretz
KJV: And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
AKJV: And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the face of the whole earth.
ASV: And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
YLT: And they say, ‘Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.’
Commentary WitnessGenesis 11:4Quoted commentary witness
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Genesis 11:4
Verse 4 Let us build us a city and a tower - On this subject there have been various conjectures. Mr. Hutchinson supposed that the design of the builders was to erect a temple to the host of heaven - the sun, moon, planets, etc.; and, to support this interpretation, he says וראשו בשמים verosho bashshamayim should be translated, not, whose top may reach unto heaven, for there is nothing for may reach in the Hebrew, but its head or summit to the heavens, i.e. to the heavenly bodies: and, to make this interpretation the more probable, he says that previously to this time the descendants of Noah were all agreed in one form of religious worship, (for so he understands ושפה אחת vesaphah achath, and of one lip), i.e. according to him, they had one litany; and as God confounded their litany, they began to disagree in their religious opinions, and branched out into sects and parties, each associating with those of his own sentiment; and thus their tower or temple was left unfinished. It is probable that their being of one language and of one speech implies, not only a sameness of language, but also a unity of sentiment and design, as seems pretty clearly intimated in Gen 11:6. Being therefore strictly united in all things, coming to the fertile plains of Shinar they proposed to settle themselves there, instead of spreading themselves over all the countries of the earth, according to the design of God; and in reference to this purpose they encouraged one another to build a city and a tower, probably a temple, to prevent their separation, "lest," say they, "we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth:" but God, miraculously interposing, confounded or frustrated their rebellious design, which was inconsistent with his will; see Deu 32:8; Act 17:26; and, partly by confounding their language, and disturbing their counsels, they could no longer keep in a united state; so that agreeing in nothing but the necessity of separating, they went off in different directions, and thus became scattered abroad upon the face of the earth. The Targums, both of Jonathan ben Uzziel and of Jerusalem, assert that the tower was for idolatrous worship; and that they intended to place an image on the top of the tower with a sword in its hand, probably to act as a talisman against their enemies. Whatever their design might have been, it is certain that this temple or tower was afterwards devoted to idolatrous purposes. Nebuchadnezzar repaired and beautified this tower, and it was dedicated to Bel, or the sun. An account of this tower, and of the confusion of tongues, is given by several ancient authors. Herodotus saw the tower and described it. A sybil, whose oracle is yet extant, spoke both of it and of the confusion of tongues; so did Eupolemus and Abydenus. See Bochart Geogr. Sacr., lib. i., c. 13, edit. 1692. On this point Bochart observes that these things are taken from the Chaldeans, who preserve many remains of ancient facts; and though they often add circumstances, yet they are, in general, in some sort dependent on the text. 1. They say Babel was built by the giants, because Nimrod, one of the builders, is called in the Hebrew text גבור gibbor, a mighty man; or, as the Septuagint, γιγας, a giant. 2. These giants, they say, sprang from the earth, because, in Gen 10:11, it is said, He went, מן הארץ ההוא min haarets hahiv, out of that earth; but this is rather spoken of Asshur, who was another of the Babel builders. 3. These giants are said to have waged war with the gods, because it is said of Nimrod, Gen 10:9, He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; or, as others have rendered it, a warrior and a rebel against the Lord. See Jarchi in loco. 4. These giants are said to have raised a tower up to heaven, as if they had intended to have ascended thither. This appears to have been founded on "whose top may reach to heaven," which has been already explained. 5. It is said that the gods sent strong winds against them, which dispersed both them and their work. This appears to have been taken from the Chaldean history, in which it is said their dispersion was made to the four winds of heaven, בארבע רוחי שמיא bearba ruchey shemaiya, i.e. to the four quarters of the world. 6. And because the verb פוץ brev eht esua phuts, or נפץ naphats, used by Moses, signifies, not only to scatter, but also to break to pieces; whence thunder, Isa 30:30, is called נפץ nephets, a breaking to pieces; hence they supposed the whole work was broken to pieces and overturned. It was probably from this disguised representation of the Hebrew text that the Greek and Roman poets took their fable of the giants waging war with the gods, and piling mountain upon mountain in order to scale heaven. See Bochart as above.
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Genesis 11:4
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Gen 11:6
- Act 17:26
- Gen 10:11
- Gen 10:9
- Isa 30:30
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Septuagint
- Targum
- Jonathan
- Bochart
- Moses
- Mr
- The Targums
- Jerusalem
- Bel
- Abydenus
- See Bochart Geogr
- Sacr
- Chaldeans
- Nimrod
- Asshur
- Lord
Exposition: Genesis 11:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:5
Hebrew
וַיֵּרֶד יְהוָה לִרְאֹת אֶת־הָעִיר וְאֶת־הַמִּגְדָּל אֲשֶׁר בָּנוּ בְּנֵי הָאָדָֽם׃vayered-yehvah-lire'ot-'et-ha'iyr-ve'et-hamigedal-'asher-vanv-veney-ha'adam
KJV: And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
AKJV: And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
ASV: And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
YLT: And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
Commentary WitnessGenesis 11:5Quoted commentary witness
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Genesis 11:5
Verse 5 And the Lord came down - A lesson, says an ancient Jewish commentator, to magistrates to examine every evidence before they decree judgment and execute justice.
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Genesis 11:5
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Exposition: Genesis 11:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:6
Hebrew
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה הֵן עַם אֶחָד וְשָׂפָה אַחַת לְכֻלָּם וְזֶה הַחִלָּם לַעֲשׂוֹת וְעַתָּה לֹֽא־יִבָּצֵר מֵהֶם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יָזְמוּ לֽ͏ַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃vayo'mer-yehvah-hen-'am-'echad-veshafah-'achat-lekhulam-vezeh-hachilam-la'ashvot-ve'atah-lo'-yivatzer-mehem-khol-'asher-yazemv-la'ashvot
KJV: And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
AKJV: And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
ASV: And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
YLT: and Jehovah saith, ‘Lo, the people is one, and one pronunciation is to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.
Commentary WitnessGenesis 11:6Quoted commentary witness
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Genesis 11:6
Verse 6 The people is one, etc. - From this, as before observed, we may infer, that as the people had the same language, so they had a unity of design and sentiment. It is very likely that the original language was composed of monosyllables, that each had a distinct ideal meaning, and only one meaning; as different acceptations of the same word would undoubtedly arise, either from compounding terms, or, when there were but few words in a language, using them by a different mode of pronunciation to express a variety of things. Where this simple monosyllabic language prevailed (and it must have prevailed in the first ages of the world) men would necessarily have simple ideas, and a corresponding simplicity of manners. The Chinese language is exactly such as this; and the Hebrew, if stripped of its vowel points, and its prefixes, suffixes, and postfixes separated from their combinations, so that they might stand by themselves, it would nearly answer to this character even in its present state. In order therefore to remove this unity of sentiment and design, which I suppose to be the necessary consequence of such a language, God confounded their language - caused them to articulate the same word differently, to affix different ideas to the same term, and perhaps, by transposing syllables and interchanging letters, form new terms and compounds, so that the mind of the speaker was apprehended by the hearer in a contrary sense to what was intended. This idea is not iii expressed by an ancient French poet, Du Bartas; and not badly, though rather quaintly, metaphrased by our countryman, Mr. Sylvester. Some speak between the teeth, some in the nose, Some in the throat their words do ill dispose - "Bring me," quoth one, "a trowel, quickly, quick!" One brings him up a hammer. "Hew this brick," Another bids; and then they cleave a tree; "Make fast this rope," and then they let it flee. One calls for planks, another mortar lacks; They bear the first a stone, the last an axe. One would have spikes, and him a spade they give; Another asks a saw, and gets a sieve. Thus crossly crost, they prate and point in vain: What one hath made another mars again These masons then, seeing the storm arrived Of God's just wrath, all weak and heart-deprived, Forsake their purpose, and, like frantic fools, Scatter their stuff and tumble down their tools. Du Bartas - Babylon. I shall not examine how the different languages of the earth were formed. It certainly was not the work of a moment; different climates must have a considerable share in the formation of tongues, by their influence on the organs of speech. The invention of new arts and trades must give birth to a variety of terms and expressions. Merchandise, commerce, and the cultivation of the sciences, would produce their share; and different forms of government, modes of life, and means of instruction, also contribute their quota. The Arabic, Chaldee, Syriac, and Ethiopic, still bear the most striking resemblance to their parent, the Hebrew. Many others might be reduced to a common source, yet everywhere there is sufficient evidence of this confusion. The anomalies even in the most regular languages sufficiently prove this. Every language is confounded less or more but that of eternal truth. This is ever the same; in all countries, climates, and ages, the language of truth, like that God from whom it sprang, is unchangeable. It speaks in all tongues, to all nations, and in all hearts: "There is one God, the fountain of goodness, justice, and truth. Man, thou art his creature, ignorant, weak, and dependent; but he is all-sufficient - hates nothing that he has made - loves thee - is able and willing to save thee; return to and depend on him, take his revealed will for thy law, submit to his authority, and accept eternal life on the terms proposed in his word, and thou shalt never perish nor be wretched." This language of truth all the ancient and modern Babel builders have not been able to confound, notwithstanding their repeated attempts. How have men toiled to make this language clothe their own ideas; and thus cause God to speak according to the pride, prejudice and worst passions of men! But through a just judgment of God, the language of all those who have attempted to do this has been confounded, and the word of the Lord abideth for ever.
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Genesis 11:6
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- Du Bartas
- Mr
- Sylvester
- Babylon
- Merchandise
- The Arabic
- Chaldee
- Syriac
- Ethiopic
- Man
Exposition: Genesis 11:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:7
Hebrew
הָבָה נֽ͏ֵרְדָה וְנָבְלָה שָׁם שְׂפָתָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ אִישׁ שְׂפַת רֵעֵֽהוּ׃havah-neredah-venavelah-sham-shefatam-'asher-lo'-yisheme'v-'iysh-shefat-re'ehv
KJV: Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
AKJV: Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
ASV: Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
YLT: Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
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Genesis 11:7
Verse 7 Go to - A form of speech which, whatever it might have signified formerly, now means nothing. The Hebrew העה habah signifies come, make preparation, as it were for a journey, the execution of a purpose, etc. Almost all the versions understand the word in this way; the Septuagint have δευτε, the Vulgate venite, both signifying come, or come ye. This makes a very good sense, Come, let its go down, etc. For the meaning of these latter words see Gen 1:26, and Gen 18:21.
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Genesis 11:7
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Gen 1:26
- Gen 18:21
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Septuagint
- Vulgate
- Come
Exposition: Genesis 11:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:8
Hebrew
וַיָּפֶץ יְהוָה אֹתָם מִשָּׁם עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ וֽ͏ַיַּחְדְּלוּ לִבְנֹת הָעִֽיר׃vayafetz-yehvah-'otam-misham-'al-feney-khal-ha'aretz-vayachedelv-livenot-ha'iyr
KJV: So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
AKJV: So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
ASV: So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.
YLT: And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Genesis 11:8
Genesis 11:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Genesis 11:8
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- Genesis 11:8
Exposition: Genesis 11:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:9
Hebrew
עַל־כֵּן קָרָא שְׁמָהּ בָּבֶל כִּי־שָׁם בָּלַל יְהוָה שְׂפַת כָּל־הָאָרֶץ וּמִשָּׁם הֱפִיצָם יְהוָה עַל־פְּנֵי כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃'al-khen-qara'-shemah-vavel-khiy-sham-valal-yehvah-shefat-khal-ha'aretz-vmisham-hefiytzam-yehvah-'al-feney-khal-ha'aretz
KJV: Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
AKJV: Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from there did the LORD scatter them abroad on the face of all the earth. ¶
ASV: Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
YLT: therefore hath one called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.
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Genesis 11:9
Verse 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel - בבל babel, from בל bal, to mingle, confound, destroy; hence Babel, from the mingling together and confounding of the projects and language of these descendants of Noah; and this confounding did not so much imply the producing new languages, as giving them a different method of pronouncing the same words, and leading them to affix different ideas to them. Besides Mr. Hutchinson's opinion, (see on Gen 11:4 (note)), there have been various conjectures concerning the purpose for which this tower was built. Some suppose it was intended to prevent the effects of another flood, by affording an asylum to the builders and their families in case of another general deluge. Others think that it was designed to be a grand city, the seat of government, in order to prevent a general dispersion. This God would not permit, as he had purposed that men should be dispersed over the earth, and therefore caused the means which they were using to prevent it to become the grand instrument of its accomplishment. Humanly speaking, the earth could not have so speedily peopled, had it not been for this very circumstance which the counsel of man had devised to prevent it. Some say that these builders were divided into seventy-two nations, with seventy-two different languages; but this is an idle, unfounded tale.
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Genesis 11:9
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Gen 11:4
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Babel
- Noah
- Besides Mr
Exposition: Genesis 11:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:10
Hebrew
אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת שֵׁם שֵׁם בֶּן־מְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁד שְׁנָתַיִם אַחַר הַמַּבּֽוּל׃'eleh-tvoledot-shem-shem-ven-me'at-shanah-vayvoled-'et-'arefakheshad-shenatayim-'achar-hamavvl
KJV: These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
AKJV: These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
ASV: These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood:
YLT: These are births of Shem: Shem is a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.
Commentary WitnessGenesis 11:10Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Genesis 11:10
Verse 10 These are the generations of Shem - This may he called the holy family, as from it sprang Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the twelve patriarchs, David, Solomon, and all the great progenitors of the Messiah. We have already seen that the Scripture chronology, as it exists in the Hebrew text, the Samaritan, the Septuagint, Josephus, and some of the fathers, is greatly embarrassed; and it is yet much more so in the various systems of learned and unlearned chronologists. For a full and rational view of this subject, into which the nature of these notes forbids me farther to enter, I must refer my reader to Dr. Hales's laborious work, "A New Analysis of Sacred Chronology," vol. ii., part 1, etc., in which he enters into the subject with a cautious but firm step; and, if he has not been able to remove all its difficulties, has thrown very considerable light upon most parts of it.
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Genesis 11:10
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- Josephus
- Septuagint
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob
- David
- Solomon
- Messiah
- Samaritan
- Dr
- Sacred Chronology
Exposition: Genesis 11:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:11
Hebrew
וֽ͏ַיְחִי־שֵׁם אֽ͏ַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁד חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃vayechiy-shem-'acharey-hvoliydvo-'et-'arefakheshad-chamesh-me'vot-shanah-vayvoled-vaniym-vvanvot
KJV: And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
AKJV: And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
ASV: and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
YLT: And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:11Generated editorial synthesis
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Genesis 11:11
Genesis 11:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Genesis 11:11
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- Genesis 11:11
Exposition: Genesis 11:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:12
Hebrew
וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד חַי חָמֵשׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־שָֽׁלַח׃ve'arefakheshad-chay-chamesh-vsheloshiym-shanah-vayvoled-'et-shalach
KJV: And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
AKJV: And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
ASV: And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah:
YLT: And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.
Commentary WitnessGenesis 11:12Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Genesis 11:12
Verse 12 And Arphaxad lived - The Septuagint bring in here a second Cainan, with an addition of one hundred and thirty years. St. Luke follows the Septuagint, and brings in the same person in the same way. But the Hebrew text, both here and in 1 Chronicles 1:1-28, is perfectly silent on this subject, and the best chronologists have agreed in rejecting this as a spurious generation.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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Genesis 11:12
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Septuagint
- Cainan
- St
Exposition: Genesis 11:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:13
Hebrew
וֽ͏ַיְחִי אַרְפַּכְשַׁד אֽ͏ַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־שֶׁלַח שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃vayechiy-'arefakheshad-'acharey-hvoliydvo-'et-shelach-shalosh-shaniym-ve'areva'-me'vot-shanah-vayvoled-vaniym-vvanvot
KJV: And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
AKJV: And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
ASV: and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
YLT: And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:13Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Genesis 11:13
Genesis 11:13 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:13
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:13
Exposition: Genesis 11:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:14
Hebrew
וְשֶׁלַח חַי שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־עֵֽבֶר׃veshelach-chay-sheloshiym-shanah-vayvoled-'et-'ever
KJV: And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
AKJV: And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
ASV: And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
YLT: And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:14Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Genesis 11:14
Genesis 11:14 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Genesis 11:14
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:14
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Eber
Exposition: Genesis 11:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:15
Hebrew
וֽ͏ַיְחִי־שֶׁלַח אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־עֵבֶר שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃vayechiy-shelach-'acharey-hvoliydvo-'et-'ever-shalosh-shaniym-ve'areva'-me'vot-shanah-vayvoled-vaniym-vvanvot
KJV: And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
AKJV: And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
ASV: and Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
YLT: And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:15Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Genesis 11:15
Genesis 11:15 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:15
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:15
Exposition: Genesis 11:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:16
Hebrew
וַֽיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַרְבַּע וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־פָּֽלֶג׃vayechiy-'ever-'areva'-vsheloshiym-shanah-vayvoled-'et-faleg
KJV: And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
AKJV: And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
ASV: And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
YLT: And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:16Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Genesis 11:16
Genesis 11:16 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:16
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:16
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Peleg
Exposition: Genesis 11:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:17
Hebrew
וַֽיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־פֶּלֶג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃vayechiy-'ever-'acharey-hvoliydvo-'et-feleg-sheloshiym-shanah-ve'areva'-me'vot-shanah-vayvoled-vaniym-vvanvot
KJV: And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
AKJV: And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
ASV: and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
YLT: And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:17Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Genesis 11:17
Genesis 11:17 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:17
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:17
Exposition: Genesis 11:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:18
Hebrew
וֽ͏ַיְחִי־פֶלֶג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־רְעֽוּ׃vayechiy-feleg-sheloshiym-shanah-vayvoled-'et-re'v
KJV: And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
AKJV: And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
ASV: And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
YLT: And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:18Generated editorial synthesis
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Genesis 11:18
Genesis 11:18 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:18
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:18
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Reu
Exposition: Genesis 11:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:19
Hebrew
וֽ͏ַיְחִי־פֶלֶג אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־רְעוּ תֵּשַׁע שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃vayechiy-feleg-'acharey-hvoliydvo-'et-re'v-tesha'-shaniym-vma'tayim-shanah-vayvoled-vaniym-vvanvot
KJV: And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
AKJV: And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
ASV: and Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
YLT: And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:19Generated editorial synthesis
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Genesis 11:19
Genesis 11:19 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:19
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:19
Exposition: Genesis 11:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:20
Hebrew
וַיְחִי רְעוּ שְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־שְׂרֽוּג׃vayechiy-re'v-shetayim-vsheloshiym-shanah-vayvoled-'et-shervg
KJV: And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
AKJV: And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
ASV: And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
YLT: And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:20Generated editorial synthesis
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Genesis 11:20
Genesis 11:20 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:20
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:20
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Serug
Exposition: Genesis 11:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:21
Hebrew
וַיְחִי רְעוּ אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־שְׂרוּג שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃vayechiy-re'v-'acharey-hvoliydvo-'et-shervg-sheva'-shaniym-vma'tayim-shanah-vayvoled-vaniym-vvanvot
KJV: And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
AKJV: And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
ASV: and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
YLT: And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:21Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Genesis 11:21
Genesis 11:21 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:21
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:21
Exposition: Genesis 11:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:22
Hebrew
וַיְחִי שְׂרוּג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־נָחֽוֹר׃vayechiy-shervg-sheloshiym-shanah-vayvoled-'et-nachvor
KJV: And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
AKJV: And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
ASV: And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
YLT: And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:22Generated editorial synthesis
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Genesis 11:22
Genesis 11:22 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:22
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:22
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Nahor
Exposition: Genesis 11:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:23
Hebrew
וַיְחִי שְׂרוּג אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־נָחוֹר מָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃vayechiy-shervg-'acharey-hvoliydvo-'et-nachvor-ma'tayim-shanah-vayvoled-vaniym-vvanvot
KJV: And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
AKJV: And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
ASV: and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
YLT: And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:23Generated editorial synthesis
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Genesis 11:23
Genesis 11:23 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:23
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:23
Exposition: Genesis 11:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:24
Hebrew
וַיְחִי נָחוֹר תֵּשַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־תָּֽרַח׃vayechiy-nachvor-tesha'-ve'esheriym-shanah-vayvoled-'et-tarach
KJV: And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
AKJV: And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
ASV: And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
YLT: And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:24Generated editorial synthesis
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Genesis 11:24
Genesis 11:24 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:24
Source lane
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:24
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Terah
Exposition: Genesis 11:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:25
Hebrew
וַיְחִי נָחוֹר אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־תֶּרַח תְּשַֽׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃vayechiy-nachvor-'acharey-hvoliydvo-'et-terach-tesha'-'eshereh-shanah-vme'at-shanah-vayvoled-vaniym-vvanvot
KJV: And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
AKJV: And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
ASV: and Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
YLT: And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:25Generated editorial synthesis
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Genesis 11:25
Genesis 11:25 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:25
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:25
Exposition: Genesis 11:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:26
Hebrew
וֽ͏ַיְחִי־תֶרַח שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־אַבְרָם אֶת־נָחוֹר וְאֶת־הָרָֽן׃vayechiy-terach-shive'iym-shanah-vayvoled-'et-'averam-'et-nachvor-ve'et-haran
KJV: And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
AKJV: And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. ¶
ASV: And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
YLT: And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Commentary WitnessGenesis 11:26Quoted commentary witness
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Genesis 11:26
Verse 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran - Haran was certainly the eldest son of Terah, and he appears to have been born when Terah was about seventy years of age, and his birth was followed in successive periods with those of Nahor his second, and Abram his youngest son. Many have been greatly puzzled with the account here, supposing because Abram is mentioned first, that therefore he was the eldest son of Terah: but he is only put first by way of dignity. An in stance of this we have already seen, Gen 5:32, where Noah is represented as having Shem, Ham, and Japheth in this order of succession; whereas it is evident from other scriptures that Shem was the youngest son, who for dignity is named first, as Abram is here; and Japheth the eldest, named last, as Haran is here. Terah died two hundred and five years old, Gen 11:32; then Abram departed from Haran when seventy-five years old, Gen 12:4; therefore Abram was born, not when his father Terah was seventy, but when he was one hundred and thirty. When any case of dignity or pre-eminence is to be marked, then even the youngest son is set before all the rest, though contrary to the usage of the Scriptures in other cases. Hence we find Shem, the youngest son of Noah, always mentioned first; Moses is mentioned before his elder brother Aaron; and Abram before his two elder brethren Haran and Nahor. These observations are sufficient to remove all difficulty from this place.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:26
Source lane
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Gen 5:32
- Gen 11:32
- Gen 12:4
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Moses
- Abram
- Nahor
- Terah
- Shem
- Ham
- Noah
- Aaron
Exposition: Genesis 11:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:27
Hebrew
וְאֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת תֶּרַח תֶּרַח הוֹלִיד אֶת־אַבְרָם אֶת־נָחוֹר וְאֶת־הָרָן וְהָרָן הוֹלִיד אֶת־לֽוֹט׃ve'eleh-tvoledot-terach-terach-hvoliyd-'et-'averam-'et-nachvor-ve'et-haran-veharan-hvoliyd-'et-lvot
KJV: Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
AKJV: Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
ASV: Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
YLT: And these are births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:27Generated editorial synthesis
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Genesis 11:27
Genesis 11:27 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:27
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:27
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Terah
- Abram
- Nahor
- Haran
- Lot
Exposition: Genesis 11:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:28
Hebrew
וַיָּמָת הָרָן עַל־פְּנֵי תֶּרַח אָבִיו בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתּוֹ בְּאוּר כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃vayamat-haran-'al-feney-terach-'aviyv-ve'eretz-mvoladetvo-ve'vr-khashediym
KJV: And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
AKJV: And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
ASV: And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
YLT: and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:28Generated editorial synthesis
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Genesis 11:28
Genesis 11:28 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Genesis 11:28
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:28
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Chaldees
Exposition: Genesis 11:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:29
Hebrew
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָם וְנָחוֹר לָהֶם נָשִׁים שֵׁם אֵֽשֶׁת־אַבְרָם שָׂרָי וְשֵׁם אֵֽשֶׁת־נָחוֹר מִלְכָּה בַּת־הָרָן אֲבִֽי־מִלְכָּה וֽ͏ַאֲבִי יִסְכָּֽה׃vayiqach-'averam-venachvor-lahem-nashiym-shem-'eshet-'averam-sharay-veshem-'eshet-nachvor-milekhah-vat-haran-'aviy-milekhah-va'aviy-yisekhah
KJV: And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
AKJV: And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
ASV: And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
YLT: And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife is Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife is Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
Commentary WitnessGenesis 11:29Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Genesis 11:29
Verse 29 Milcah, the daughter of Haran - Many suppose Sarai and Iscah are the same person under two different names; but this is improbable, as Iscah is expressly said to be the daughter of Haran, and Sarai was the daughter of Terah, and half sister of Abram.
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Genesis 11:29
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- Milcah
- Haran
- Terah
- Abram
Exposition: Genesis 11:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:30
Hebrew
וַתְּהִי שָׂרַי עֲקָרָה אֵין לָהּ וָלָֽד׃vatehiy-sharay-'aqarah-'eyn-lah-valad
KJV: But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
AKJV: But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
ASV: And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
YLT: And Sarai is barren--she hath no child.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:30Generated editorial synthesis
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Genesis 11:30
Genesis 11:30 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'But Sarai was barren; she had no child.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Genesis 11:30
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Genesis 11:30
Exposition: Genesis 11:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But Sarai was barren; she had no child.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:31
Hebrew
וַיִּקַּח תֶּרַח אֶת־אַבְרָם בְּנוֹ וְאֶת־לוֹט בֶּן־הָרָן בֶּן־בְּנוֹ וְאֵת שָׂרַי כַּלָּתוֹ אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם בְּנוֹ וַיֵּצְאוּ אִתָּם מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים לָלֶכֶת אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־חָרָן וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃vayiqach-terach-'et-'averam-venvo-ve'et-lvot-ven-haran-ven-venvo-ve'et-sharay-khalatvo-'eshet-'averam-venvo-vayetze'v-'itam-me'vr-khashediym-lalekhet-'aretzah-khena'an-vayavo'v-'ad-charan-vayeshevv-sham
KJV: And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
AKJV: And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and dwelled there.
ASV: And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
YLT: And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.
Commentary WitnessGenesis 11:31Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Genesis 11:31
Verse 31 They went forth - front Ur of the Chaldees - Chaldea is sometimes understood as comprising the whole of Babylonia; at other times, that province towards Arabia Deserta, called in Scripture The land of the Chaldeans. The capital of this place was Babylon, called in Scripture The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Isa 13:19. Ur appears to have been a city of some considerable consequence at that time in Chaldea; but where situated is not well known. It probably had its name Ur אור, which signifies fire, from the worship practiced there. The learned are almost unanimously of opinion that the ancient inhabitants of this region were ignicolists or worshippers of fire, and in that place this sort of worship probably originated; and in honor of this element, the symbol of the Supreme Being, the whole country, or a particular city in it, might have had the name Ur. Bochart has observed that there is a place called Ouri, south of the Euphrates, in the way from Nisibis to the river Tigris. The Chaldees mentioned here had not this name in the time of which Moses speaks, but they were called so in the time in which Moses wrote. Chesed was the son of Nahor, the son of Terah, Gen 22:22. From Chesed descended the Chasdim, whose language was the same as that of the Amorites, Dan 1:4; Dan 2:4. These Chasdim, whence the Χαλδαιοι, Chaldeans, of the Septuagint, Vulgate, and all later versions, afterwards settled on the south of the Euphrates. Those who dwelt in Ur were either priests or astronomers, Dan 2:10, and also idolaters, Jos 24:2, Jos 24:3, Jos 24:14, Jos 24:15. And because they were much addicted to astronomy, and probably to judicial astrology, hence all astrologers were, in process of time, called Chaldeans, Dan 2:2-5. The building of Babel, the confusion of tongues, and the first call of Abram, are three remarkable particulars in this chapter; and these led to the accomplishment of three grand and important designs: 1. The peopling of the whole earth; 2. The preservation of the true religion by the means of one family; and 3. The preservation of the line uncorrupted by which the Messiah should come. When God makes a discovery of himself by a particular revelation, it must begin in some particular time, and be given to some particular person, and in some particular place. Where, when, and to whom, are comparatively matters of small importance. It is God's gift; and his own wisdom must determine the time, the person, and the place. But if this be the case, have not others cause to complain because not thus favored? Not at all, unless the favoring of the one for a time should necessarily cut off the others for ever. But this is not the case. Abram was first favored; that time, that country, and that person were chosen by infinite wisdom, for there and then God chose to commence these mighty operations of Divine goodness. Isaac and Jacob also received the promises, the twelve patriarchs through their father, and the whole Jewish people through them. Afterwards the designs of God's endless mercy were more particularly unfolded; and the word, which seemed to be confined for two thousand years to the descendants of a single family, bursts forth on all hands, salvation is preached to the Gentiles, and thus in Abram's seed all the nations of the earth are blessed. Hence none can find fault, and none can have cause to complain; as the salvation which for a time appeared to be restricted to a few, is now on the authority of God, liberally offered to the whole human race!
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Genesis 11:31
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Isa 13:19
- Gen 22:22
- Dan 1:4
- Dan 2:4
- Dan 2:10
- Dan 2:2-5
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Septuagint
- Vulgate
- Bochart
- Moses
- Babylonia
- Arabia Deserta
- Chaldeans
- Babylon
- Chaldea
- Supreme Being
- Ur
- Ouri
- Euphrates
- Tigris
- Nahor
- Terah
- Chasdim
- Amorites
- These Chasdim
- Babel
- Abram
- Where
- Gentiles
Exposition: Genesis 11:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Genesis 11:32
Hebrew
וַיִּהְיוּ יְמֵי־תֶרַח חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיָּמָת תֶּרַח בְּחָרָֽן׃vayiheyv-yemey-terach-chamesh-shaniym-vma'tayim-shanah-vayamat-terach-vecharan
KJV: And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
AKJV: And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
ASV: And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
YLT: And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Genesis 11:32Generated editorial synthesis
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Genesis 11:32
Genesis 11:32 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Genesis 11:32
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- Genesis 11:32
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Haran
Exposition: Genesis 11:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Gen 11:1
- Gen 11:2
- Gen 11:3
- Gen 11:4
- Gen 11:5-9
- Gen 11:10
- Gen 11:11
- Gen 11:12
- Gen 11:13
- Gen 11:14
- Gen 11:15
- Gen 11:16
- Gen 11:17
- Gen 11:18
- Gen 11:19
- Gen 11:20
- Gen 11:21
- Gen 11:22
- Gen 11:23
- Gen 11:24
- Gen 11:25
- Gen 11:26
- Gen 11:27
- Gen 11:28
- Gen 11:29
- Gen 11:30
- Gen 11:31
- Gen 11:32
- Gen 10:25
- Gen 11:9
- Isa 36:11
- Genesis 11:1
- Num 23:7
- Num 22:5
- Mat 2:1
- Isa 41:2
- Isa 46:11
- Isa 9:12
- Dan 11:44
- Genesis 11:2
- Genesis 11:3
- Gen 11:6
- Act 17:26
- Gen 10:11
- Gen 10:9
- Isa 30:30
- Genesis 11:4
- Genesis 11:5
- Genesis 11:6
- Gen 1:26
- Gen 18:21
- Genesis 11:7
- Genesis 11:8
- Genesis 11:9
- Genesis 11:10
- Genesis 11:11
- Genesis 11:12
- Genesis 11:13
- Genesis 11:14
- Genesis 11:15
- Genesis 11:16
- Genesis 11:17
- Genesis 11:18
- Genesis 11:19
- Genesis 11:20
- Genesis 11:21
- Genesis 11:22
- Genesis 11:23
- Genesis 11:24
- Genesis 11:25
- Gen 5:32
- Gen 12:4
- Genesis 11:26
- Genesis 11:27
- Genesis 11:28
- Genesis 11:29
- Genesis 11:30
- Isa 13:19
- Gen 22:22
- Dan 1:4
- Dan 2:4
- Dan 2:10
- Dan 2:2-5
- Genesis 11:31
- Genesis 11:32
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- Targum
- Moses
- Shem
- Arphaxad
- Salah
- Eber
- Peleg
- Reu
- Serug
- Nahor
- Haran
- Abram
- Sarai
- Milcah
- Terah
- Lot
- Chaldees
- Heber
- Scripture
- Mr
- Ainsworth
- Phaleg
- Jews
- Babylon
- Chaldeans
- Babylonians
- Scriptures
- Josephus
- Assyria
- Mesopotamia
- Euphrates
- Pethor
- Christ
- Jerusalem
- Canaan
- Chaldea
- Armenia
- Shinar
- See Calmet
- Eusebius
- Praep
- Evang
- Antiq
- Septuagint
- Jonathan
- Bochart
- The Targums
- Bel
- Abydenus
- See Bochart Geogr
- Sacr
- Nimrod
- Asshur
- Lord
- Du Bartas
- Sylvester
- Merchandise
- The Arabic
- Chaldee
- Syriac
- Ethiopic
- Man
- Vulgate
- Come
- Babel
- Noah
- Besides Mr
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob
- David
- Solomon
- Messiah
- Samaritan
- Dr
- Sacred Chronology
- Cainan
- St
- Ham
- Aaron
- Babylonia
- Arabia Deserta
- Supreme Being
- Ur
- Ouri
- Tigris
- Chasdim
- Amorites
- These Chasdim
- Where
- Gentiles
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Genesis 11:1
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