1. Exposition of Genesis 1-11
The Toledoths of Shem and Terah
Gen 11:10-32

2. Genealogies in Genesis
From Adam to Noah (Gen 5; linear)
From the Sons of Noah to the Nations (Gen 10; segmented)
Shem is listed last in this one, because his line will be continued in Gen 11.
From Shem to Abram (Gen 11:10-32; linear)
Abram of course will become the father of the nation of Israel and the original party to God’s covenant with His people.
Gen 11 ends with Terah and expands on his life a bit. Recall that we drew from both Gen 5 and 11 to construct an estimate of the age of the earth. We see a steady decline in lifespan after the flood...most lived at least 900 years pre-flood, less than 500 after.

3. Parallel between Gen 5 and 11
Genesis 5
Adam
Seth
Enosh
Kenan
Mahalalel
Jared
Enoch
Methuselah
Lamech
Noah
Shem, Ham, Japheth
Canaan
Genesis 11
Shem
Arpachshad
Shelah
Eber
Peleg
Reu
Serug
Nahor
Terah
Abram, Nahor, Haran
Lot
1. Provides link from Adam to Abram 2. Both lists end with 3 sons and a grandson 3. Descendants of both Canaan and Lot prove to be antagonists of Israel.

4. From Shem to Terah
Gen 11:10-26

5. From Terah to Abram
Gen 11:27-32

6. Geographic Spread of the Nations

7. Sojourns of Abraham
Shechem and Bethel were Abram’s first stops (Gen 12:6-8). He continued on to the Negev and on down into Egypt (12:9-10).