GENESIS CHAPTER 11
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Verse 1, One language because there was only one family who
  repopulated the earth, besides there is no record in scripture
  that there had ever been more than one language as all men had
  descended from Adam.

Verse 2, Gill thinks that the correct interpretation is eastward,
  that is toward the east, and the lexicon does give that
  definition.
  The marginal notes, put there by the translators reads:
    {from...: or, eastward}
  The ark rested on the mountains of Ararat in eastern Arminia.

  Not just Ham and his descendants, but all of Noah's
  descendants.

  Shinar: Shin`ar {shin-awr'}
    AV - Shinar 7, Babylonish 1; 8
    Shinar = "country of two rivers"
    1) the ancient name for the territory later known as
       Babylonia or Chaldea

Verses 3-9, From the preceding chapter we see that it must have
  been Nimrod who organized this rebellion against God.

  1) We see an opposition to God's command given to Noah:
     Ge 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto
       them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
     But they said: "... let us make us a name, lest we be
     scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." (Gen
     11:4)
  2) Had not God intervened they would have accomplished their
     imagination. Today, the world has become one and man has
     flown to the moon and back. He has made discoveries with
     the use of computers in the past few years that has
     surpassed all of time before.
  3) In Nimrod we see Satan's attempt to raise up a universal
     ruler.
     Satan has not given up on this and will raise up Antichrist
     in the end times.
  4) The overthrow of Nimrod, by God "coming down" ("Go to, let
     us go down" 11:7) is before the mentioning of the line of
     Shem and the bringing of Abram into Canaan.
     This shows that the overthrow of Antichrist, by Christ
     coming down, will take place before the Millennial kingdom
     in which Israel will be re-gathered and established in their
     land.

Verses 10-29, From Shem to Abram. Shem was born in the year 1556,
  the 500th year of Noah's life. If we add the age of each father
  when his son was born to him to this year we find that Abram
  was born in the year 1946 and left Haran in the year 2021.

Verse 30, We see that Sarai, Abram's wife was barren, which is to
  play an important role in the God's plan for Abraham and his
  wife.

Verse 31, Terah took Abram, his son and Lot, his son's son, and
  Sarai, Abram's wife out of Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the
  land of Canaan, but they stopped short and dwelt in Haran.
  Terah = Terach {teh'-rakh}
    Terah = "delay"
    n pr m
    Tarah = "station"
    n pr loc
    1) the father of Abraham
    2) a station of Israel in the wilderness

  Haran = from a word that means "parched"
    2) the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the
      Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before
      leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in
      Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour
      and the Euphrates

Verse 32, Abram's father, Terah, dies in Haran at the age of 205
  in the year of 2081, when Abram was 135 years old and 60 years
  after Abram was called to go out of the land. There seems to be
  a conflict here. Abram departed out of Haran after his father
  died, according to Acts 7:2-3, and was 75 years od when this
  happened (Gen 12:4), but if Abram was born to Terah when he was
  70 years old and Terah died in Haran at age 205, then Abram
  would have been 135.