SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:31
Y tomó Taré a Abram su hijo, y a Lot hijo de Harán, hijo de su hijo, y a Sarai su nuera, mujer de Abram su hijo; y salió con ellos de Ur de los caldeos, para ir a la tierra de Canaán; y vinieron hasta Harán, y se asentaron allí.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:31
Verse 31. They went forth-front Ur of the Chaldees] Chaldea is sometimes understood as comprising the whole of Babylonia; at other times, that province towards Arabia Deserta, called in Scripture The land of the Chaldeans. The capital of this place was Babylon, called in Scripture The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Isa. xiii. 19. Ur appears to have been a city of some considerable consequence at that time in Chaldea; but where situated is not well known. It probably had its name Ur rwa , which signifies fire, from the worship practiced there. The learned are almost unanimously of opinion that the ancient inhabitants of this region were ignicolists or worshippers of fire, and in that place this sort of worship probably originated; and in honour of this element, the symbol of the Supreme Being, the whole country, or a particular city in it, might have had the name Ur. Bochart has observed that there is a place called Ouri, south of the Euphrates, in the way from Nisibis to the river Tigris. The Chaldees mentioned here had not this name in the time of which Moses speaks, but they were called so in the time in which Moses wrote. Chesed was the son of Nahor, the son of Terah, chap. xxii. 22. From Chesed descended the Chasdim, whose language was the same as that of the Amorites, Dan. i. 4; ii. 4. These Chasdim, whence the caldaioi, Chaldeans, of the Septuagint, Vulgate, and all later versions, afterwards settled on the south of the Euphrates. Those who dwelt in Ur were either priests or astronomers, Daniel ii. 10, and also idolaters, Josh. xxiv. 2, 3, 14, 15. And because they were much addicted to astronomy, and probably to judicial astrology, hence all astrologers were, in process of time, called Chaldeans, Dan. ii. 2-5.
The building of BHebel, the confusion of tongues, and the first call of Abram, are three remarkable particulars in this chapter; and these led to the accomplishment of three grand and important designs: 1. The peopling of the whole earth; 2. The preservation of the true religion by the means of one family; and 3. The preservation of the line uncorrupted by which the Messiah should come. When God makes a discovery of himself by a particular revelation, it must begin in some particular time, and be given to some particular person, and in some particular place. Where, when, and to whom, are comparatively matters of small importance. It is God's gift; and his own wisdom must determine the time, the person, and the place. But if this be the case, have not others cause to complain because not thus favoured? Not at all, unless the favouring of the one for a time should necessarily cut off the others for ever. But this is not the case. Abram was first favoured; that time, that country, and that person were chosen by infinite wisdom, for there and then God chose to commence these mighty operations of Divine goodness. Isaac and Jacob also received the promises, the twelve patriarchs through their father, and the whole Jewish people through them. Afterwards the designs of God's endless mercy were more particularly unfolded; and the word, which seemed to be confined for two thousand years to the descendants of a single family, bursts forth on all hands, salvation is preached to the Gentiles, and thus in Abram's seed all the nations of the earth are blessed.Hence none can find fault, and none can have cause to complain; as the salvation which for a time appeared to be restricted to a few, is now on the authority of God, liberally offered to the whole human race!
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 27-32 - Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in bot Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of fals gods. Those who are through grace, heirs of the land of promise, ough to remember what was the land of their birth; what was their corrup and sinful state by nature. Abram's brethren were, Nahor, out of whose family both Isaac and Jacob had their wives; and Haran, the father of Lot, who died before his father. Children cannot be sure that the shall outlive their parents. Haran died in Ur, before the happy remova of the family out of that idolatrous country. It concerns us to haste out of our natural state, lest death surprise us in it. We here read of Abram's departure out of Ur of the Chaldees, with his father Terah, his nephew Lot, and the rest of his family, in obedience to the call of God. This chapter leaves them about mid-way between Ur and Canaan where they dwelt till Terah's death. Many reach to Charran, and ye fall short of Canaan; they are not far from the kingdom of God, and ye never come thither __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויקח 3947 תרח 8646 את 853 אברם 87 בנו 1121 ואת 853 לוט 3876 בן 1121 הרן 2039 בן 1121 בנו 1121 ואת 853 שׂרי 8297 כלתו 3618 אשׁת 802 אברם 87 בנו 1121 ויצאו 3318 אתם 854 מאור 218 כשׂדים 3778 ללכת 1980 ארצה 776 כנען 3667 ויבאו 935 עד 5704 חרן 2771 וישׁבו 3427 שׁם׃ 8033
