--- title: "Bullinger" description: "earth = people of the earth. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject). App-6 ; \"earth\" put for inhabitants. language. Hebrew \"lip\". Figure of speech Met" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/genesis/11" --- ![Bullinger](/images/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes.jpg) The Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes Include 66 books Denomination: dispensationalism GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong Of SolomonIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 **earth** = people of the earth. Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject). App-6 ; "earth" put for inhabitants. **language.** Hebrew "lip". Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of cause); lip put for language. The chapter begins with man's attempt to unify mankind, and ends with God's new provision to unify all in blessing with Abraham's seed. **from the east** = eastward. **Shinar** = Babylonia. **said.** Sin with their tongues punished in the same manner ([Genesis 11:7](../../../kjv/genesis/11/7) ). **burn, &c.** Hebrew brick bricks, and burn a burning. Figure of speech *Polyptoton* , emphasizing their determination. Burning in fire, not waiting for sun. See note on "brick-kiln", [2 Samuel 12:3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/12/3) . **slime** = bitumen. So tenacious to-day that detachment almost impossible. Compare the slime of Babel with the jewels of Zion ([Revelation 21:19](../../../kjv/revelation/21/19) ). **may reach.** No *Ellipsis* here. Hebrew "and its top with the heavens", i.e. with the Zodiac depicted on it, as in ancient temples of Denderah and Esneh in Egypt. **a name.** Manifesting independence of God. Nimrod being the rebel leader. See [Genesis 10:8-10](../../../kjv/genesis/10/8-10) , and Compare [Genesis 12:2](../../../kjv/genesis/12/2) . **came down.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia* ( App-6 ). **Go to, let Us go down.** This is always in judgment (Compare [Genesis 18:21](../../../kjv/genesis/18/21) .[Exodus 3:8](../../../kjv/exodus/3/8); [Exodus 3:8](../../../kjv/exodus/3/8) ). Here in contrast with [Genesis 11:4](../../../kjv/genesis/11/4) , to man's "Go to, let us go up". Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia,* App-6 . See [Genesis 11:5](../../../kjv/genesis/11/5) . **scattered.** Septuagint same word as in [Acts 8:1](../../../kjv/acts/8/1) ([Isaiah 8:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/9) ). This was to preserve the revelation contained in the Zodiac and the constellations. **Babel.** Hebrew = confusion. Compare [Job 5:12](../../../kjv/job/5/12) , another application of the Hebrew word. **scatter.** Septuagint same word as in [Acts 8:1](../../../kjv/acts/8/1) . Result of which was the conversion of the Ethiopian ([Acts 8:26](../../../kjv/acts/8/26) ) of HAM. Saul ([Acts 9](../../../kjv/acts/9) ) of SHEM. Cornelius ([Acts 10](../../../kjv/acts/10) ) of JAPHETH. Tongues confounded in judgment ([Genesis 11:9](../../../kjv/genesis/11/9) ). Given in *grace* ([Acts 2:4](../../../kjv/acts/2/4) ). United in *glory* ([Revelation 7:9](../../../kjv/revelation/7/9) ). **Shem.** A return to the main purpose of the Book. See note on [Genesis 5:32](../../../kjv/genesis/5/32) . **Salah.** [Luke 3:36](../../../kjv/luke/3/36) says Cainan, but this was probably a gloss from Septuagint, and crept into the text. No second Cainan in Hebrew text here or elsewhere. Compare [1 Chronicles 1:18](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/1/18) . **Eber.** See above, [Genesis 10:24](../../../kjv/genesis/10/24) . Peleg born ([Genesis 10:25](../../../kjv/genesis/10/25) ) [Genesis 10:14](../../../kjv/genesis/10/14) years before [Genesis 11:9](../../../kjv/genesis/11/9) . **Peleg.** See above, [Genesis 10:25](../../../kjv/genesis/10/25) ([Luke 3:36](../../../kjv/luke/3/36) , Phalec). **Serug** born ([Luke 3:35](../../../kjv/luke/3/35) . Saruch). **Terah.** Name probably = traveller. **Generations of Terah.** The centre of the eleven. See page 1 and App-29 . Abram the youngest comes first (born 1996). Compare Shem ([Genesis 10:21](../../../kjv/genesis/10/21) ), Jacob ([Genesis 25:23](../../../kjv/genesis/25/23) ; [Genesis 27:15](../../../kjv/genesis/27/15) ), Ephraim ([Genesis 48:20](../../../kjv/genesis/48/20) ). **before his father.** The first death so recorded. Ur = the *Uru* or "city" of the cuneiform texts. Now = Mugheir on W. bank of Euphrates. **Iscah.** See App-29 . **Terah took.** Terah being 200 and Abram 70. Compare [Genesis 15:7](../../../kjv/genesis/15/7) . [Joshua 24:3](../../../kjv/joshua/24/3) .[Nehemiah 9:7](../../../kjv/nehemiah/9/7) . [Acts 7:2-4](../../../kjv/acts/7/2-4) .[Hebrews 11:8](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/8) . **daughter in law** = daughter by another wife. See App-29 . **they.** Others beside those named. Compare [Genesis 24:10](../../../kjv/genesis/24/10) , [Genesis 24:15](../../../kjv/genesis/24/15) ; [Genesis 29:10](../../../kjv/genesis/29/10) . **Ur** = a city of great pretensions. Recent excavations show luxury and attainments. Abraham no nomad. See note on [Genesis 11:28](../../../kjv/genesis/11/28) . **Haran.** Not the *Haran* of [Genesis 11:26](../../../kjv/genesis/11/26) above; but Charran ([Acts 7:2](../../../kjv/acts/7/2) , [Acts 7:4](../../../kjv/acts/7/4) ), the frontier town of Babylonian Empire, devoted to the worship of the Moon-god. **dwelt.** Till he died ([Genesis 11:32](../../../kjv/genesis/11/32) ). **died in Haran** (Charran). With this [Acts 7:4](../../../kjv/acts/7/4) agrees. 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