Genesis 11 v 1 to 9 - The confusion of languages
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Read Genesis 11 v 1 to 9 |
God gave Noah a command as he left the ark:-
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Read Genesis 9 v 1 |
It was God’s intention that mankind should spread from the plateau of Ararat and fill the earth. However they journeyed together and found a suitable plain on which to live.
They then showed what they thought of God’s command to fill the earth:
11 v 4 And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."
These words may well have been words spoken by Nimrod. We have already read that he founded and then ruled from Babel. Chapter 10 v 11 tells us that he later moved from Shinar north to Assyria, though we are not told why.
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Look at the meaning of ‘name’ in the Strong’s Concordance entries |
