King James Version
What Does Genesis 11:26 Mean?
“And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.”
Context
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And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: Terah: Gr. Thara
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And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
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And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
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And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary**Verses 10-26**
Here is a genealogy, or list of names, ending in Abram, the friend of God, and thus leading towards Christ, the promised Seed, who was the son of Abram. Nothing is left upon record but their names and ages; the Holy Ghost seeming to hasten through them to the history of Abram. How little do we know of those that are gone before us in this world, even of those that lived in the same places where we live, as we likewise know little of those who now live in distant places! We have enough to do to mind our own work. When the earth began to be peopled, men's lives began to shorten; this was the wise disposal of Providence.
Matthew Henry (1662–1714). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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