Gen 11:28-32 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 11:28-32 (NET)

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11:28 Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, while his father Terah was still alive. 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah. 11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children. 11:31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there. 11:32 The lifetime of Terah was 205 years, and he died in Haran.

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Names, People and Places:

· Abram the son of Terah of Shem

· Canaan the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River

· Haran a town of upper Mesopotamia,an English name representing two different Hebrew names,as representing the Hebrew name 'Haran',son of Terah; brother of Abraham,a Levitical chief of the descendants of Ladan under King David; son of Shimei,as representing the Hebrew name 'Xaran', beginning with a velar fricative,son of Caleb of Judah and Ephah his concubine

· Iscah daughter of Haran

· Lot a son of Haran; nephew of Abraham,son of Haran son of Terah; nephew of Abraham

· Milcah daughter of Haran; wife of Nahor,daughter of Zelophehad

· Nahor a son of Serug; the father of Terah; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Serug of Shem; father of Terah,son of Terah; brother of Abraham,town in Mesopotamia

· Sarai a layman of the Binnui Clan who put away his heathen wife

· Terah the son of Nahor; the father of Abraham; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Nahor of Shem,a place where Israel made an encampment

· Ur a town of lower Mesopotamia about 230 km SE of old Babylon,father of Eliphal / Eliphelet, one of David's military elite

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NET Notes: Gen 11:28 Heb “upon the face of Terah his father.”

NET Notes: Gen 11:29 The name Milcah means “Queen.” But more to the point here is the fact that Malkatu was a title for Ishtar, the daughter of the moon god. I...

NET Notes: Gen 11:32 Heb “Terah”; the pronoun has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.

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