Gen 11:31-32 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 11:31-32 (NET)

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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

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

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

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Text -- Genesis 11:31-32 (NET)

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NET Notes -> Gen 11:32; Gen 11:32

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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