Genesis 11:27

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
generations	תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת tol.Dot	H8435	(plural only) descent · noun, common feminine plural construct
Terah	תֶּ֔רַח Te.rach	H8646	Terach · proper noun, a man's name
Terah	תֶּ֚רַח Te.rach	H8646	Terach · proper noun, a man's name
begat	הוֹלִ֣יד ho.Lid	H3205	to bear young · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Abram	אַבְרָ֔ם 'av.Ram	H87	Abram · proper noun, a man's name
Nahor	נָח֖וֹר na.Chor	H5152	Nochor · proper noun, a man's name
Haran	הָרָ֑ן ha.Ran	H2039	Haran · proper noun, a man's name
Haran	וְהָרָ֖ן ve.ha.Ran	H2039	Haran · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
begat	הוֹלִ֥יד ho.Lid	H3205	to bear young · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Lot	לֽוֹט Lot	H3876	Lot · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

Genesis 11:31 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 for…
Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of…
Genesis 14:12 And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
2 Peter 2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
Genesis 13:1-11 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
Genesis 19:1-29 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:27–end

Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous, henceforward, in both Testaments. We have here, I. His country: Ur of the Chaldees. This was the land of his nativity, an idolatrous country, where even the children of Eber themselves had degenerated. Note, Those who are, through grace, heirs of the land of promise, ought to remember what was the land of their nativity, what was their corrupt and sinful state by nature, the rock out of which they were hewn. II. His relations, mentioned for his sake, and because of their interest in the following story. 1. His father was Terah, of whom it is said (Jos 24:2) that he served other gods, on the other side of the flood, so early did idolatry g…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 11:7

confound their language--literally, "their lip"; it was a failure in utterance, occasioning a difference in dialect which was intelligible only to those of the same tribe. Thus easily by God their purpose was defeated, and they were compelled to the dispersion they had combined to prevent. It is only from the Scriptures we learn the true origin of the different nations and languages of the world. By one miracle of tongues men were dispersed and gradually fell from true religion. By another, national barriers were broken down--that all men might be brought back to the family of God.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 11:26

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 so…

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The Church Fathers

These are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. The house of Terah was one, from which Abraham was born, in which the worship of the one true God was kept; and, as is credible, in which the Hebrew language alone also remained, when, as told by Joshua, he himself, like the manifest people of God in Egypt, served foreign gods in Mesopotamia. The others from the progeny of Heber gradually flowed into other languages and into other nations, in the same manner as after the flood of waters, one house of Noah remained to restore the human race. Thus, in the flood of many superstitions throughout the world, one house of Terah remained, in which the planting of the city of God was preserved. Finally, just as there, after enumerating the generations up to Noah along with the number of years, and after expounding the cause of the flood, before God began to speak to Noah about the construction of the ark, it is said "These are the generations of Noah"; so also here, after enumerating the generations from Shem, the son of Noah, up to Abraham, then a notable phrase is similarly put, so that it is said "These are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran." Indeed, there, the patriarch of the second age of the world was born, here, in the third age.
— Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)

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Dictionary and topics

Abraham — Father of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen. 11:27) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram sojourned among his kindred…
Haran — (1.) Heb. haran; i.e., “mountaineer.” The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. He died before his father (Gen. 11:27), in Ur of the Chaldees. (2.)…
Lot — (Heb. goral, a “pebble”), a small stone used in casting lots (Num. 33:54; Jonah 1:7). The lot was always resorted to by the Hebrews with strictest reference to the interposition of God, and as a…
Mesopotamia — The country between the two rivers (Heb. Aram-naharaim; i.e., “Syria of the two rivers”), the name given by the Greeks and Romans to the region between the Euphrates and the Tigris (Gen. 24:10; Deut.…
Nahor — Snorting. (1.) The father of Terah, who was the father of Abraham (Gen. 11:22-25; Luke 3:34). (2.) A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Gen. 11:26, 27; Josh. 24:2, R.V.). He married Milcah,…
Terah — The wanderer; loiterer, for some unknown reason emigrated with his family from his native mountains in the north to the plains of Mesopotamia. He had three sons, Haran, Nahor, and Abraham, and one…
Abraham · General references — General references
Fatherless · Exemplified: Lot — Exemplified: Lot
Genealogy · To Abraham — To Abraham
Haran · 1. Father of Lot and brother of Abraham — 1. Father of Lot and brother of Abraham
Nahor · .Marriage and — .Marriage and
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Genesis 11:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:27–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 11:7

Adam Clarke on Genesis 11:26

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 11:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:27–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 11:7

Adam Clarke on Genesis 11:26

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Genesis 11:27

John Calvin on Genesis 11:27

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 11:27–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 11:27–end

Rashi on Genesis 11:10