Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
24 27. The Descent of Abraham from Shem
These verses are compressed within the smallest limits from Gen 11:10-26. For another example of this extreme compression compare 1Ch 1:1-4.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 24. Shem] “The great priest.” – T.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Arphaxad: having given a brief and general account of the original of the world, and the people in it, he now returns to a more large and particular account of the genealogy of Shem, from whom the Jews were descended.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
24-27. Shem, &c.Thiscomprises a list of ten, inclusive of Abraham.
1Ch1:29-31. SONS OFISHMAEL.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
[See comments on 1Ch 1:5].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The patriarchs from Shem to Abraham. – The names of these, again, are simply ranged in order according to Gen 11:10-26, while the record of their ages before the begetting and after the birth of sons is omitted. Of the sons of Terah only Abram is named, without his brothers; with the remark that Abram is Abraham, in order to point out to the reader that he was the progenitor of the chosen people so well known from Genesis (cf. 1Ch 1:27).
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
Sheen to Abram, Verses 24-27
The line from Shem to Abraham is given in more detail in Gen 11:10-30. Nothing notable is said of any of these until Terah, the father of Abram. The most striking thing in the Genesis account is the steadily declining longevity of men, from Shem’s six hundred years to Terah’s two hundred five, and later Abraham’s one hundred seventy-five. In another context Peleg (whose name means “division”) is said to have received his name because in his days the earth was divided. This is a possible reference to the division of nations, after the destruction of the tower of Babel, but some have speculated that it pertains to the separation of earth’s continents. May it not have been that both these events were coincident with Peleg’s lifetime?
At what period the ancestry of Abram became idolatrous is unknown, though it was before the birth of that patriarch (cf. Jos 24:2; Jos 24:15). When Abram was called to leave Ur he was initially accompanied by his father, Terah, and his nephew, Lot. Evidently his brother, Nahor, also went as far as Haran in upper Mesopotamia (cf. Gen 11:31-32). After Abram migrated on into Canaan the children of Nahor continued to live at Haran (Gen 24:10; Gen 27:43; Gen 28:1-2).
The listing in this genealogy, “Abram; the same is Abraham,” must be significant. Abram is the patriarch’s name when he was still in paganism. It means, “father of a people.” Many years later, when Abram had faithfully obeyed the Lord, he was given the new name, Abraham, “father of the people,” in keeping with the Lord’s promises to him. Not only is he the father of the people of Israel, God’s chosen nation, according to the flesh; Far more significant, he is the father of the faithful who, like him, trust in the Lord, accepting His promises by faith (Gal 3:6-9; Rom 4:1-25).
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
TEN GENERATIONS FROM SHEM TO ABRAHAM; AN ABSTRACT OF Gen. 11:10-26, OMITTING ALL HISTORIC NOTICES (1Ch. 1:24-27).
Between Arphaxad aud Shelah the LXX., at Gen. 11:12, insert = Heb. Knan (1Ch. 1:2, above). The name is not contained in our present Hebrew text of Genesis. Kenan may have been dropped originally, in order to make Abraham the tenth from Shem, as Noah is tenth from Adam. The artificial symmetry of these ancient lists is evidently designed. Comp. the thrice fourteen generations in the genealogy of our Lord (Matthew 1).
1Ch. 1:28-42 enumerate a second series of seventy tribes or peoples, derived from Abraham through the three representative names of Ishmael, Keturah, and Isaac; just as the seventy peoples of the former series are derived from Noah through Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And as, in the former list, the sons of Japheth and Ham were treated of before the Semitic stocks, so, in the present instance, the sons of Ishmael and Keturah precede Isaac, and of Isaacs sons Esau precedes Israel (35, seq.); because the writer wishes to lead up to Israel as the climax of his presentation.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Shem. Direct descent taken up here, from 1Ch 1:4.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
1Ch 1:24-27
1Ch 1:24-27
“Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abram (the same is Abraham).”
E.M. Zerr:
1Ch 1:24-27. This is another group of 10 in the direct blood line. It terminates with Abram (called also Abraham) for the reason that he was another outstanding man in the Biblical history. With this paragraph we have the blood line brought down to the 20th generation from Adam.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
Shem: Gen 11:10-26
Shelah: Luk 3:35, Sala
Reciprocal: Luk 3:34 – Thara
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 1:24. Shem, Arphaxad, &c. Having given a brief and general account of the original of the world, and the people in it, he now returns to a more large and particular account of the genealogy of Shem, from whom the Jews were descended.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1:24 {f} Shem, {g} Arphaxad, Shelah,
(f) He repeats Shem again because he would come to the stock of Abraham.
(g) Who came from Shem, and of him Shelah.