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Genesis 11:10f

Genesis 11:10f . Abraham. Genesis 11:10-11. The Generations of Terah , through the line of Shem Almost 200 years go by in the Biblical record before anything else is recorded after the Tower of Babel The tribes are migrating, and cultures are developing

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Genesis 11:10f

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  1. Genesis 11:10f Abraham

  2. Genesis 11:10-11 The Generations of Terah, through the line of Shem Almost 200 years go by in the Biblical record before anything else is recorded after the Tower of Babel The tribes are migrating, and cultures are developing The knowledge of the true God is receding further and further from mankind’s consciousness The great ice sheet was advancing over the continent/s Deserts were not yet forming (Sahara, Arabia...), and water was abundant throughout the world

  3. Genesis 11:10-11 God is no longer going to work through all mankind to achieve His purposes. He is going to choose one family through which He will transmit His Word to the nations. The line of the promised Seed (Jesus Christ) is being preserved through the line of Shem, son of Noah. Genesis 11:10-32 record the generations of Shem, down to the father of Abram (Abraham) Beginning from the Flood, down to the call of Abraham.

  4. Genesis 11:10-11 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxadlived thirtyfiveyears, and begat Salah:

  5. Genesis 11:10-11 Q: Did Abraham (Abram) know his ancestor Noah? Probably not, but Abraham’s father, Terah, would have been alive for 128 years before Noah died (if there are no gaps in the genealogy) Abraham probably could have known Shem, who would also have been living at the time of Abraham. It seems that Terah kept the genealogy from Genesis 11:10 through 11:27a. There does not seem to be anything spiritually worth recording in the lives of these ancestors of Abraham.

  6. Genesis 11:12-17 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 17 AndEberlived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

  7. Genesis 11:12-17 By comparing Genesis 5 and Genesis 11, we see that patriarchal longevity began to decline immediately after the Flood. Noah lived 950 years (about the same as before the Flood) Shem lived only 600 years Arphaxad438 years Salah 433 years Eber464 years (a sharper decline happens after Peleg)

  8. Genesis 11:12-17 Q: Was this decline in age triggered by the Flood? • The radiation-filtering vapor canopy was dissipated • Genetic and somatic (body cells changing after birth) mutations increased • The aging processes accelerated • There was a rugged environment and harder work • There may have been inadequate nourishment • The stress of living in a hostile environment increased

  9. Genesis 11:12-17 Q: Are there any discrepancies in the genealogy list? Yes Luke 3:36 inserts the came Cainan between Arphaxad and Salah, creating another generation before Abraham I Chron. 1:18 does not include Cainan Genesis 10:24 does not include Cainan as a son of Arphaxad The name Cainan is not found here in any of the other ancient versions of the OT, such as the Samaritan or Vulgate Translations.

  10. Genesis 11:12-17 Q: Why would a NT writer, or the Septuagint (LXX) translating the OT to Greek, add Cainan? The name is found in Genesis 5:9 as a son of Enos New Testament copyists were less careful than Old Testament scribes in copying the Word of God, and the name could simply have been added by mistake. Conclusion= Cainan’s name should not be included here, and Luke 3:36 is a copyist error

  11. Genesis 11:12-17 Q: But isn’t the Bible ‘inspired by God and profitable for teaching (truthful living), rebuke (correcting error), for correction (getting back on the path to truthful living), and instruction in righteousness (how to stay on the path of truthful living)’ (2 Tim. 3:16) Yes, but only in the original manuscripts, allowing for errors in copying, translation, and transmission

  12. Genesis 11:12-17 Q: How could one man/wife, Noah, have a large number of offspring in just 100 years? Noah’s sons had 16 grandsons (plus unnamed daughters); thus the first generation after the Flood would be at least 32+. That is a 533% increase over Noah and his wife The second generation would have 171, if at the same rate The third generation would have 912 A growth rate of 8 % annually would produce a population of 9,000 in only 100 years; but this is a conservativeestimate; K & D estimate 30,000 descendants of Noah in the 4th generation

  13. Genesis 11:18-25 18 AndPeleglived thirty years, and begat Reu:19And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:21And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:23And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:25And Nahor lived after he begatTerah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

  14. Genesis 11:18-25 When Abram (Abraham) was 75 years old (Genesis 12:4), it had been 367 years since the Flood, and thus about 267 years since the Tower of Babel dispersion. Assuming the record of grandsons is complete, and there is an increase of 533 %, and a generation is every 33 years (three grown generations each century after the Flood), there would have been 11 such generations by the time Abram went to Canaan. Note: Abram was 9th generation from Shem, but he had no children, but by age 75, it would have allowed additional generations from the other related families

  15. Genesis 11:18-25 If each of the 11 generations were to experience a 500% increase (less than Noah’s sons at 533%), then the world population at the time of Abram would be at least 300 million. This assumes no natural disasters It assumes a steady rate of increase, although this is a conservative estimate of population growth. Civilization would have spread world-wide

  16. Genesis 11:18-25 “There is nothing astonishing, therefore, in the circumstance, that wherever Abraham went he found tribes, towns, and kingdoms, though only 365 years had elapsed since the flood, when we consider that eleven generations would have followed one another in that time, and that, supposing every marriage to have been blessed with eight children on average (four male and four female), the eleventh generation would contain 12,582,912 couples or 25, 165,824 individuals.”

  17. Genesis 11:18-25 “And if we reckon ten children as the average number, the eleventh generation would contain 146,484,375 pairs, or 292, 968,750 individuals. In neither of these cases have we included such of the earlier generations as would be still living, although their number would be by no means inconsiderable, since nearly all the patriarchs from Shem to Terah were alive at the time of Abram’s migration” (K & D, p. 178)

  18. Genesis 11:18-25 Q: Why the sudden drop in age span after Peleg? Q: Were there gaps in the genealogical record, which should have shown a steady decline instead of a sudden shift? Pre-Peleg patriarchs lived 438, 433, and 464 years Post-Peleg patriarchs including Peleg, drop significantly Peleg – 239, then 239, 230, 148, 205 (Terah) and Abram (175); Sarah lived only 127 years

  19. Genesis 11:18-25 Luke 3:35 (the genealogy of Mary), and I Chronicles 1:25 hint of no gaps in the genealogical record Except for the sudden drop in longevity, there is no evidence of any changes Pre-Peleg, there was a traumatic effect of the post-Flood world on everyone, causing a decline in longevity Post-Peleg, there was division, resulting in stress, new living conditions, new environment, new nutrition, and inbreeding, which increased genetic mutations.

  20. Genesis 11:18-25 Q: Are there any extra-Biblical sources that suggest the time-line in Genesis is flawed, and that major gaps occur in the genealogy? No. Historical records in Egypt, Sumeria, or other ancient nations, do not dispute the Biblical record. The uniformitarian premises of evolutionists, using radiocarbon dating methods, suggesting that the world is much older than Genesis states, cannot be supported. There is no evidence that the Flood needs to be dated significantly earlier than about 2350 BC (Ussher’s Chronology) (Morris, p. 285)

  21. Genesis 11:18-25 “The possibility of one or more gaps in Genesis 11 does exist; but they could not be legitimately stretched in any case to fit the evolutionary chronology of human origins. The latter places the origin of true man at no less than a million years ago. The 222 years listed from the Flood to the birth of Terah can hardly be stretched this much. There are only eight possible locations for gaps from Shem to Terah, and this would mean an average gap of 125,000 years between each adjacent pair of names. This, of course, is absurd, and should be dismissed out of hand” (Morris, p. 285)

  22. Genesis 11:26-28 26 And Terahlived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

  23. Genesis 11:26-28 Both the genealogical lists in Genesis 5 (Noah) and Genesis 11 (Shem - Terah) close with a patriarch whose three sons are listed by name. In both cases, the father’s age is given, presumably to correspond to the birth of the first of his three sons: 500 for Noah and 70 for Terah. It seems as though Terah’s record is deliberately patterned after Noah’s. Perhaps he knew (by divine revelation) that he would begin a new dispensation, just as Noah’s sons did

  24. Genesis 11:26-28 This section of writing was probably compiled by Terah v. 27 “these are the generations of Terah”... Terah apparently lived until Isaac was 35 years old He may have passed his records directly to Isaac, but more likely, Abram carried the records with him when he left his father in Haran (Gen. 12:4) Although Terah worshipped the Living God, he apparently turned to idolatry later in life (Joshua 24:2,3)

  25. Genesis 11:29-30 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

  26. Genesis 11:29-30 Abram – married Sarai, his half-sister, who is barren Nahor – married Milcah, the daughter of Haran (her uncle) Haran’s wife isn’t listed, but they had a daughter Milcah, and also had a son, Lot The name of Lot’s mother is not given Haran’s daughter Iscah(is not explained, but Jewish tradition identifies her as Sarai, Abram’s wife, which is doubtful)

  27. Genesis 11:29-30 Q: How could Sarai (Sarah) be the niece of Abram, but also his half-sister (Genesis 20:12)? Evidently, Sarai was a daughter of Terah, but Terah had more than one wife, so she was a half-sister to Abram Such marriages were later forbidden in the Mosaic law; but at this time, it was not dangerous from a genetic point of view Abram had no child in Mesopotamia---the Child of Promise, the Christ, must be born in the land of promise, through a child born to Abram/Sarai (Isaac)

  28. Genesis 11:31-32 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

  29. Ur of the Chaldees

  30. Ur of the Chaldeesziggurat excavation Q: Define ziggurat: An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure built in successive stages with outside staircases and a shrine at the top;

  31. Ur of the Chaldeesziggurat reconstruction

  32. Ur of the Chaldeesziggurat reconstruction

  33. Genesis 11:31-32 • Terah may have received a command from Jehovah to go to the land of Canaan • If so, he only obeyed in part, traveling northwest, not west over the desert • The city of Haran may have been a settlement established by Terah’s son, Haran, or to which at least his name had become attached. • Haran was a 600 mile trip NW, Canaan about the same to the west across the desert

  34. Genesis 11:31-32 • The city of Haran was located on a prosperous trade route coming up from Canaan and Syria, and became an important city (which still exists today) • Haran, the son of Terah, may have been 100+ when he went to Haran, and wanted to stay with family; but he stayed another 105 years, dying at the age of 205. • When leaving Ur, Terah took Abram, Sarai, and his grandson Lot. Nahor stayed behind in Ur • Nahor eventually moved to the city of Nahor, near Haran (Gen. 22:20-24; 24:10, 15; 27:43; 28:2; 29:4)

  35. Genesis 11:31-32 Q: Did Stephen make a mistake (Acts 7:4) when he said Abram waited until his father was dead before he left Haran? Gen. 11:26 says that Terah ‘lived 70 years and begat Abram, Nahor and Haran.’ If Abram was Terah’s firstborn son, as this implies, then Terah was only 145 years old when Abram left Haran, and Terah lived another 60 years in Haran. Is Stephen wrong? Is the Scripture wrong (fallible)?

  36. Genesis 11:31-32 • The doctrine of inspiration would apply in this case not to Stephen’s speech, but to Luke’s accurate recording of Stephen’s speech (even if Stephen was incorrect). • A good Bible student like Stephen, who was about to become the first Christian martyr, probably would not make that mistake, even under duress. • Could Stephen mean that Terah ‘became dead’ in relation to God’s plans for him (and sent Abraham on to fulfill those plans)? Perhaps

  37. Genesis 11:31-32 • Perhaps God appeared to both Terah and Abram in Ur, and they both set out to Canaan together, father and son. • Terah, however, delayed long in Haran, and Abram realized he would not move on to Canaan. Perhaps the comfort and prosperity of Haran was a temptation for him • Terah gave in to the idolatries of Chaldean culture (Joshua 24:2, 14, 15) • Terah was ‘dead’ to God’s purposes for him, and the call went to Abraham alone---and Abraham obeyed Jehovah

  38. Genesis 11:31-32 • Perhaps what scripture means is not that God called Terah out of Ur of the Chaldees, but rather ‘brought him out.’ But the simple fact of removing from Ur might also be called a leading out, as a work of divine superintendence and guidance, without a special call from God. • It was in Haran that Abram first received the actual divine call to go to Canaan (12:1-4)

  39. Genesis 11:31-32 “Terah was ‘dead,’ though he would not actually be ready for burial for perhaps another 60 years. This record is a sad commentary on the end of a venerable and once godly patriarch, one who had even been used to record a part of Scripture. In like manner, it is also a sober warning to any in later times who would allow ease or comfort to hinder them from following Christ” (Morris, p. 290) Matt. 8:21-22 “Lord, let me first go and bury my father...” “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead...”

  40. Genesis 11:31-32 I Cor. 9:27 – “But I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified” Terah, although called by God, became a ‘castaway’ He was no longer useful to the Lord He was holding on to the world and its idolatries while still trying to believe in Jehovah God, and hoping to retain His blessings.

  41. Genesis 12:1 But God turned instead to Abram (Abraham) “Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your country and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you” The LORD must not delay the inauguration of his plan for a new nation any longer. What Terah might have been, his son became---a blessing to all the families of the earth through the Nation of Israel, and the Lord Jesus Christ

  42. Genesis 12-13 The Call of Abraham (Abram)

  43. A New Nation • The dispersion of nations following the Tower of Babel had created many nations, and a multitude of people • These nations differed in language, manners, customs, and worship, with many falling into idolatrous practices. • The glory of the immortal God was changed into an image made like mortal man, birds, beasts, and creeping things (Rom. 1:23). • If God would fulfill His promise to not smite the earth again with a curse of destruction, because of sinful practices, something must be done to preserve His worship

  44. A New Nation • God is going to form a Nation for Himself, a people to be the recipient and preserver of His salvation, which would be in opposition to the rising kingdoms of the idolatrous world. • This new nation would also establish a saving fellowship for mankind, with the living God • The foundation for this nation was laid by God in his call and separation of Abram from his people and country, making him, by special calling and guidance, the father of a nation from which the salvation of the world would come (K & D, p. 181)

  45. A New Nation • While other nations were left to follow their own course according tot he powers conferred upon them, in order that they might learn that in their way, and without fellowship with the living God, it was impossible to find peace for the soul, and the true blessedness of life • Acts. 17:26-27 – “And He made from one, every nation of mankind to live on all the face4 of the earth, having determined their appointed times, and the boundaries of their habitation, that they should seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being” (Paul)

  46. A New Nation • Abram was called, that through him all the families of the earth might be blessed (12:1-3) • The divine guidance of the human race assumed in the call of Abram was connected with the general development of the world • By the fact that Abram belonged to the family of Shem, whom God had bless • By the fact that Abram was not called ALONE, but was married to Sarai, with one wife

  47. A New Nation • The continuity of the divine revelation at creation was guaranteed, as well as the plan of human development established by Jehovah God, through this new family • Although the worship of Jehovah was preserved in the families of Shem, and in a form purer than in the other families of Noah, even in the house of Terah, father of Abram, there was the corrupting influence of idolatry. • Although Abram was called as the father of the nation to be formed, Sarai, his wife, was barren

  48. A New Nation • Therefore, in the way of nature, a new family could not be expected to spring from Abram • Almighty Jehovah God would have to perfect a new beginning • The grace of God prepared the ground for the coming Israel • Abram would the man chosen because of his faith

  49. A New Nation • The early stages of this history are recorded in Genesis, corresponding to Abram, his son Isaac, and his grandson Jacob---and Jacob’s 12 sons. • In the triple number of the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the divine election of the nation, and the entire formation of the character and guidance of the life of Israel were to attain their fullest typical manifestation • These are the pivots upon which all divine revelation are made to turn (K & D, p. 182)

  50. A New Nation • The revelation consisted mostly of Promises, fulfilled in the lives of the Patriarchs • The fulfillments themselves were predictions and pledges of the ultimate and complete fulfillment, reserved for a distant, or for the most remote future. • Jehovah’s guidance would vouchsafe the calling forth of faith in response to the promise, which would maintain itself amidst all the changes of this earthly life (K & D, p. 183 paraphrased)

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