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Now theseוְאֵלֶּהare the generationsתּוֹלְדֹתof Terah.תֶּרַחTerahתֶּרַחfatheredהוֹלִידAbram,אֶת אַבְרָםNahor,אֶת נָחוֹרand Haran;וְאֶת הָרָןand HaranוְהָרָןfatheredהוֹלִידLot.אֶת לוֹט
Genesis 11:27
Study it in the app“Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 11:27, word by word
- are the generationsתּוֹלְדֹתtoldot
generations
What comes from someone: his descendants and their history. "These are the generations of..." is the phrase with which Genesis opens each of its sections.
Where else “toldot” appears- of Terahתֶּרַחterach
Terah
Terah, the father of Abram; also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “terach” appears- fatheredהוֹלִידholid
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “holid” appears- Abramאַבְרָםavram
Abram
Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".
Where else “avram” appears- Nahorנָחוֹרnachor
Nahor
Nahor, the name of Abraham's grandfather and of one of his brothers; also the town where his brother's family lived.
Where else “nachor” appears- and Haranהָרָןharan
Haran
Haran, the name of men: above all Abram's brother and Lot's father. It is not the same name as the city of Haran (in Hebrew they are spelled differently).
Where else “haran” appears- Lotלוֹטlot
Lot
Lot, nephew of Abram, son of Haran; he settled in Sodom and was saved from its destruction. Father of Moab and Ammon.
Where else “lot” appears
The context
26Terah lived seventy years and fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 · This verse (above)
28Haran died in the presence of Terah his father in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
To study Genesis 11 in a group
1. What it says
What did the people in the land of Shinar say as they built their city and tower (vv. 3-4)?
2. What it means
Why did YHWH confuse their language and scatter them over the whole earth (vv. 6-9)?
3. How I live it
In what you are planning, what is for making a name for yourself, and what is for serving others?