Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 11

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Genesis 11 . 1 , One language in the world; Genesis 11 . 2 , The building of Babel; Genesis 11 . 5 , It is interrupted by the confusion of tongues , and the builders dispersed; Genesis 11 . 10 , The generations of Shem; Genesis 11 . 27 , The generations of Terah , the father of Abram; Genesis 11 . 31 , Terah , with Abram and Lot , remove from Ur to Haran.

Genesis 11:1

Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.

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language Heb. lip

speech Heb. words

Genesis 11:2

And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

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or , eastward

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Genesis 11:3

And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

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Heb. a man said to his neighbour , Go to

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burn thoroughly Heb. burn to a burning

Genesis 11:4

"Come," they said, "let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth."

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Genesis 11:5

Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

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Genesis 11:6

And the LORD said, "If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.

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Genesis 11:7

Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."

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Go to The Hebrew word signifies , "Come ," or , "make preparation ," as for a journey or the execution of a purpose.

Genesis 11:8

So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

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Genesis 11:9

That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

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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

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Genesis 11:10

This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.

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Genesis 11:11

And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Genesis 11:12

When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.

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Genesis 11:13

And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Genesis 11:14

When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

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Genesis 11:15

And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Genesis 11:16

When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

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Genesis 11:17

And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Genesis 11:18

When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.

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Genesis 11:19

And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Genesis 11:20

When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.

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Genesis 11:21

And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Genesis 11:22

When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.

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Genesis 11:23

And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Genesis 11:24

When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.

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Genesis 11:25

And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Genesis 11:26

When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

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Genesis 11:27

This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

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Genesis 11:28

During his father Terah's lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

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Genesis 11:29

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram's wife was named Sarai, and Nahor's wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

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Iscah is called the daughter-in-law of Terah

  • Genesis 11:31 as being Abram's wife; yet Abram afterwards said , "she is the daughter of my father , but not the daughter of my mother" . Genesis 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

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Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

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Genesis 11:31

And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

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Ur was probably the place called Ouri , in Mesopotamia , two days' journey from Nisibis , in the way to the river Tigris

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Genesis 11:32

Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web12 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations 1 Chronicles 1:1-27 → Genesis 11:10-29
Allusions Acts 2:9-11 → Genesis 11:1-9, Joshua 24:2 → Genesis 11:27-32
Echoes Deuteronomy 32:8 → Genesis 11:7, Isaiah 6:8 → Genesis 11:7
Trajectories
Hannah (Barren Mother of Promise), Sarah (Mother of Promise), Shem (Blessed Line of YHWH), These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy), Tower of Babel (Division Reversed)
Chiasms
Shaped Genesis 11:1–9, Genesis 11:27–22:24 (Abraham Cycle)
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