From Nave’s Topical Bible
Ur
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 6Passages listed
- 3Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- 1. Abraham' s native placeGenesis 11:27Genesis 11:28
- Abraham leavesGenesis 11:31Genesis 15:7Nehemiah 9:7
- 2. Father of one of David' s mighty men1 Chronicles 11:35
The passages, in Bible order (6)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 6 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 11:27
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
Commentary on Genesis 11:271 voice
His country: Ur of the Chaldee's - An idolatrous country, where even the children of Eber themselves degenerated. His relations, mentioned for his sake, and because of their interest in he following story. His father was Terah, of whom it is said, Josh. xxiv, 2, that he served other gods on the other side the flood; so early did idolatry gain footing in the world.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
- Genesis 11:28
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
Commentary on Genesis 11:282 voices
Ur--now Orfa; that is, "light," or "fire." Its name probably derived from its being devoted to the rites of fire-worship. Terah and his family were equally infected with that idolatry as the rest of the inhabitants (Jos 24:15).
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
(Chapter 11, Verse 28) And Haran died before his father in the land of his birth, in the region of the Chaldeans. As we read, in the region of the Chaldeans, in Hebrew it is written, in Ur of the Chaldeans, that is, in the fire of the Chaldeans. However, the Hebrews relate a legend from this occasion: that Abraham was thrown into the fire because he refused to worship the fire that the Chaldeans worship, and with God's help, he was freed and escaped from the fire of idolatry.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on GenesisPatristic
- Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
Commentary on Genesis 11:312 voices
AFTER the Flood, when men began to multiply and increase in the earth, it was not very long before they began to turn aside from the living and true God. At first the sons of Noah walked in the light of Divine knowledge, though even among them was found an evil seed. When scattered over the earth after the confusion of tongues at Babel, the earth's hoary fathers carried with them a measure of the knowledge of God which they had received from their sires.
Charles Spurgeon· The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2011: “Abram's Call—or, Half-Way—and All the Way” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition), 1888
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 13:19. 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 אור, which signifies fire, from the worship practiced there.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 15:7
The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
Commentary on Genesis 15:72 voices
I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees - Out of the fire of the Chaldees, so some: that is, from their idolatries; for the Chaldeans worshipped the fire. Or, from their persecutions. The Jewish writers have a tradition, that Abram was cast into a fiery furnace for refusing to worship idols, and was miraculously delivered.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
(Verse 7.) I am God, who brought you out from the land of the Chaldeans. This is what we said a little while ago is written in Hebrew: who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans, that is, from the fire of the Chaldeans.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on GenesisPatristic
- 1 Chronicles 11:35
Ahiam son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,
- Nehemiah 9:7
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
Commentary on Nehemiah 9:71 voice
God's favour to him was distinguishing: "Thou didst choose him." His grace in him was powerful to bring him out of Ur of the Chaldees, and, in giving him the name of Abraham, he put honour upon him as his own and assured him that he should be the father of many nations. Look unto Abraham your father ( Isa. li. 2 ) and see free grace glorified in him.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan