O panorama
Gênesis 11 abre com “And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.”, muda perto do versículo 16 com “And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:” e termina com “And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.”. Esses pontos traçam o movimento próprio do capítulo, da abertura à conclusão.
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Gênesis · Versão King James · 32Gênesis 11:1-8
Versículos 1–8: The whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Gênesis 11:1–8 abre com “And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.” e chega a “So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve A humanidade se espalha pela terra, mas se reúne para construir um nome para si. Babel dispersa as nações e prepara o chamado de uma família para abençoar todas elas.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.” O número one torna o relato concreto. Antes de decidir seu peso, observe se mede tempo, pessoas, distância, repetição ou totalidade.
“And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and…” A ordem não pode ser entendida apenas pelo verbo. O destinatário, o propósito e seu lugar na aliança ou argumento definem a responsabilidade.
“And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem builded, children, city. A relação com os versículos 4 e 6 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
Gênesis 11:1-8
Versão King James1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Gênesis 11:9-16
Versículos 9–16: Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there…
Gênesis 11:9–16 abre com “Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of…” e chega a “And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve A humanidade se espalha pela terra, mas se reúne para construir um nome para si. Babel dispersa as nações e prepara o chamado de uma família para abençoar todas elas.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from…” Esta linha fornece uma razão, resultado ou conclusão. Ela deve permanecer ligada à afirmação ou ação que lhe dá sentido.
Gênesis 11:9-16
Versão King James9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
14And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
16And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
Gênesis 11:17-24
Versículos 17–24: Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat…
Gênesis 11:17–24 abre com “And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.” e chega a “And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve A humanidade se espalha pela terra, mas se reúne para construir um nome para si. Babel dispersa as nações e prepara o chamado de uma família para abençoar todas elas.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.” O número four torna o relato concreto. Antes de decidir seu peso, observe se mede tempo, pessoas, distância, repetição ou totalidade.
Gênesis 11:17-24
Versão King James17And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
18And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
20And 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.
22And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
Gênesis 11:25-32
Versículos 25–32: Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and…
Gênesis 11:25–32 abre com “And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and…” e chega a “And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve A humanidade se espalha pela terra, mas se reúne para construir um nome para si. Babel dispersa as nações e prepara o chamado de uma família para abençoar todas elas.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.” O número hundred torna o relato concreto. Antes de decidir seu peso, observe se mede tempo, pessoas, distância, repetição ou totalidade.
“Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.” Nomear Haran e Terah mantém o relato ligado a pessoas ou lugares concretos. Acompanhe onde o nome retorna e o que muda ao redor dele.
Gênesis 11:25-32
Versão King James25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29And 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.
30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31And 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.
32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Detalhes que merecem atenção
A imagem de abertura
Genesis 11:1 começa com “And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.”
Onde o capítulo muda
Genesis 11:9 forma uma mudança natural: “Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them…”
A nota final
Genesis 11:32 deixa o leitor com “And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.”
Um caminho de palavras pelo capítulo
As palavras begat, years, lived, Terah, daughters, Haran ajudam a revelar as preocupações repetidas do capítulo.
Primeiro o texto
Onde os leitores divergem
O resumo começa com o que a passagem diz e como suas partes se relacionam. Ele não presume que uma denominação já resolveu todas as questões. A dependência de uma tradição, teoria literária ou reconstrução histórica é claramente identificada.
O texto KJV aparece primeiro. As conclusões interpretativas são identificadas, e as diferenças surgem quando ajudam a explicar por que comunidades sérias nem sempre chegam à mesma resposta.
As notas interpretativas comparativas deste capítulo estão em preparação. Até que as notas revisadas estejam prontas, esta página separa o texto KJV do resumo e da aplicação sem afirmar que leitores responsáveis concordam em todas as questões.