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Genesis 11:27
27This is the report about Terah and his family. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
Genesis 11:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
- New International Version (NIV)This is the account of Terah’s family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
- New King James Version (NKJV)This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.
Context of Genesis 11:27
25After Terah was born, Nahor lived for 119 years. He had other sons and daughters. 26After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. This is the report about Terah and his family. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot. 28While Terah was still alive, his son, Haran, died. Haran died in Ur, the land of the Chaldeans. That was where Haran had been born. 29Abram married Sarai. Nahor married Milcah. Milcah was Haran's daughter. Haran was the father of Milcah and Iscah.
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וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת תֶּ֔רַח תֶּ֚רַח הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־אַבְרָ֔ם אֶת־נָח֖וֹר וְאֶת־הָרָ֑ן וְהָרָ֖ן הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־לֽוֹט׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 11:27
- Genesis 11:31Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot. (Lot was Haran's son.) Terah also took Abram's wife Sarai. They all left Ur, the land of the Chaldeans. They began to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they stayed there.
- Genesis 12:4Abram did what the Lord had told him. He left Haran. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran. Lot went with him.
- Genesis 13:1Abram left Egypt and he travelled north to the Negev. He took his wife and everything that belonged to him. Lot also went with him.
- Genesis 14:12Abram's nephew, Lot, was living in Sodom at that time. So they took him away from there, and everything that belonged to him.
- Genesis 19:1The two angels arrived at Sodom. It was evening and Lot was sitting near the city gate. When Lot saw the angels, he got up to meet them. He turned his face towards the ground to respect them.
- 2 Peter 2:7But God saved Lot from danger. Lot was a good man. He was very sad because the people in Sodom did not obey God's laws. They lived in a very bad way.
Commentaries on Genesis 11:27
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27-32Verses 27-32 - Section X - Abraham - XXXVI. The Father of Abram 27. לוט lôṭ Lot, “veil;” verb: “cover.” 28. אוּר 'ûr Ur, “light, flame.” כשׂדים kaśdı̂ym Kasdim, Cardi, Kurds, ͂ Kaldaioi כסד kesed “gain?” Arabic. Ur Kasdim has been identified with Hur, now called Mugheir (the bitumened), a heap of ruins lying south of the Euphrates, nearly opposite its jucnction with the Shat el-Hie. Others place it at Edessa, now Orfa, a short way north of Carrhae. 29…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-32Verses 27-32 Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in both Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of false gods. Those who are through grace, heirs of the land of promise, ought to remember what was the land of their birth; what was their corrupt and sinful state by nature. Abram's brethren were, Nahor, out of whose family both Isaac and Jacob had their wives; and Haran, the father of Lot, who died before his father…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27This is the account: The Hebrew word is toledoth (a term that introduces a new section or family history; see study note on 2:4). This section tells about Terah’s family. The details in 11:28–25:11 are about the family line that comes from Terah. The focus is on Abraham and God’s covenant with him. The passage also highlights Isaac, the promised child. Isaac continued the family line and carried God’s blessing to the next generation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. the whole earth was of one language. The descendants of Noah, united by the strong bond of a common language, had not separated, and notwithstanding the divine command to replenish the earth, were unwilling to separate. The more pious and well-disposed would of course obey the divine will; but a numerous body, seemingly the aggressive horde mentioned (Ge 10:10), determined to please themselves by occupying the fairest region they came to.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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