Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 11:28

COM commentary-section · status:draft · license:PD

28. 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 ( Joshua 24:15 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-31" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-gen-11-011

절 (explains)

bible-text/gen-11-28

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological