Adam Clarke on Genesis 10:21
Commentary and Critical Notes. Browse this work.
Read Genesis 10. Compare commentaries on this chapter.
Source and publication rights
Public domain. Public Domain. Source edition.
Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.
Genesis10:21
Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber - It is generally supposed that the Hebrews derived their name from Eber or Heber, son of Shem; but it appears much more likely that they had it from the circumstance of Abraham passing over (for so the word עבר abar signifies) the river Euphrates to come into the land of Canaan. See the history of Abraham, Gen 14:13 (note).
Adam Clarke, Commentary and Critical Notes, Genesis 10:21. Public domain.
Permanent link. Source edition.