Genesis 11:24-32
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.]
Joshua 24:2
ancestors .......... father <01> [Your fathers.]
God ......................... worshiped other gods <0312 0430 05647> [served other gods.]
In the case of Abraham this was probably the case, till he was called to the knowledge of God, when above 70 years old.
Joshua 24:1
Joshua <03091> [Joshua.]
This must have been a different assembly from that mentioned in the preceding chapter, though probably held not long after the former.
Shechem <07927> [Shechem.]
As it is immediately added, that "they presented themselves before God," which is supposed to mean at the tabernacle; some are of opinion that Joshua caused it to be conveyed from Shiloh to Shechem on this occasion, to give the greater solemnity to his last meeting with the people. The Vatican and Alexandrian copies of the Septuagint, however, read [Selo,] both here and in verse 25; which many suppose to have been the original reading. Dr. Shuckford supposes that the covenant was made at Shechem, and that the people went to Shiloh to confirm it. But the most probable opinion seems to be that of Dr. Kennicott, that when all the tribes were assembled as Shechem, Joshua called the chiefs to him on that mount, which had before been consecrated by the law, and by the altar which he had erected.
summoned <07121> [called.]
appeared <03320> [presented.]
Joshua 1:1
died <04194> [the death.]
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Joshua <03091> [Joshua.]
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[Jesus.]
Moses' minister.
