Genesis 11:1-32
<0259> [A.M. 1757. B.C. 2247. was.]
language <08193> [language. Heb. lip. speech. Heb. words.]
people moved eastward <06924> [from the east. or, eastward.]
Shinar <08152> [Shinar.]
said ... one another <0376 07453 0559> [they said one to another. Heb. a man said to his neighbour.]
Go to.
[not as.]
bake <08313> [burn throughly. Heb. burn to a burning. brick.]
tar <02564> [slime.]
top <07218> [whose.]
make <06213> [and let.]
scattered <06327> [lest.]
people <05971> [Behold.]
people <05971> [the people.]
sharing <02161> [imagined.]
Come <03051> [Go to.]
The Hebrew word signifies, "Come," or, "make preparation," as for a journey or the execution of a purpose.
go down <03381> [let.]
confuse <01101> [confound.]
understand <08085> [may.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
face <06440> [upon.]
Babel <0894> [Babel. that is, Confusion.]
The tower of Babel, Herodotus informs us, was a furlong or 660 feet, in length and breadth; and, according to Strabo, it rose to the same altitude. It was of a pyramidical form, consisting of eight square towers, gradually decreasing in breadth, with a winding ascent on the outside, so very broad as to allow horses and carriages to pass each other, and even to turn. This magnificent structure is so completely destroyed that its very site is doubtful; and when supposed to be discovered, in all cases exhibiting a heap of rubbish.
face <06440> [the face.]
[A.M. 1658. B.C. 2346.]
Shem <08035> [A.M. 2158. B.C. 1846. Shem.]
father .......... other sons <01121 03205> [begat sons.]
father <03205> [A.M. 1693. B.C. 2311. begat.]
[A.M. 2096. B.C. 1908.]
[A.M. 1723. B.C. 2281.]
[A.M. 2126. B.C. 1878.]
Eber <05677> [A.M. 1757. B.C. 2247. Eber.]
Peleg <06389> [Peleg.]
[Phalec.]
[A.M. 2187. B.C. 1817.]
Reu <07466> [A.M. 1787. B.C. 2217. Reu.]
[Ragau.]
[A.M. 1996. B.C. 2008.]
Serug <08286> [A.M. 1819. B.C. 2185. Serug.]
[Saruch.]
[A.M. 2026. B.C. 1978.]
Nahor <05152> [A.M. 1849. B.C. 2155. Nahor.]
[Nachor.]
[A.M. 2049. B.C. 1955.]
Terah <08646> [A.M. 1878. B.C. 2126. Terah.]
[Thara.]
[A.M. 1997. B.C. 2007.]
Abram <087> [A.M. 1948. B.C. 2056. Abram.]
Lot <03876> [A.M. 2008. B.C. 1996. Lot.]
Ur <0218> [Ur.]
Sarai <08297> [Sarai.]
Milcah ............ Milcah <04435> [Milcah.]
Iscah <03252> [Iscah.]
Iscah is called the daughter-in-law of Terah, (ver. 31,) as being Abram's wife; yet Abram afterwards said, "she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother." (ch. 20:12.) Probably Haran was the eldest son of Terah, and Abram his youngest by another wife; and thus Sarai was the daughter, or grand-daughter of Terah, Abram's father, but not of his mother.
barren <06135> [barren.]
took <03947> [A.M. 2078. B.C. 1926. took.]
set out <03318> [they went.]
Ur <0218> [Ur.]
Ur was probably the place called Ouri, in Mesopotamia, two days' journey from Nisibis, in the way to the river Tigris.
<0776> [the land.]
Haran ............................. Haran <02039 02771> [B.C. cir. 1923. A.M. cir. 2081. Haran.]
[Charran.]
[A.M. 2083. B.C. 1921.]
Genesis 7:9
Numbers 14:34-35
number <04557> [After.]
number <04557> [the number.]
suffer for <05375> [shall ye bear.]
know <03045> [ye shall.]
thwart <08569> [breach of promise. or, altering of my purpose.]
{Tenooathi,} rather, my failure, or disannulling, from {noo,} to fail, disannul; for as they had broken their engagements, God was no longer held by his covenant.
will <0518> [I will surely.]
evil <07451> [this evil.]
Numbers 32:13
wander <05128> [wander.]
generation <01755> [until all.]
Deuteronomy 2:14-16
Kadesh Barnea <06947> [Kadesh-barnea.]
generation <01755> [until all the generation.]
hand .... Lord <03027 03068> [the hand of the.]
Deuteronomy 7:22-23
expel <05394> [put out. Heb. pluck off. thou mayest.]
As the Israelites were not yet sufficiently numerous to fill the whole land occupied by these nations; and as wild and ferocious animals might be expected to multiply where the place was but thinly peopled, therefore God informs them that their extermination from before them should be gradual. Haynes says, "The approaching to Cana, at the close of the day, as we did, is at once terrifying and dangerous. The surrounding country swarms with wild beasts, such as tigers, leopards, jackals, etc., whose cries and howling, I doubt not, would strike the boldest traveller, who had not been frequently in a like situation, with the deepest sense of horror."
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
<06440> [unto thee. Heb. before thy face.]
<01949> [shall destroy.]
