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Themes in Genesis 11

Genesis 11:1 (show verse)

Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words.

Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Of all mankind one at first
Language » Confusion of
Language » Unity of
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel

Genesis 11:2 (show verse)

It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Assyria » Called » Shinar
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » Empire of » Called land of shinar
Babylon » City of » In the land of shinar
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Cities » Built » In plains
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Exodus » Of early tribes
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel

Genesis 11:3 (show verse)

They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

Art » Primitive » Of the brickmaker
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Brick-makers
Arts of the » Brick-maker
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Bitumen » Margin rv, slime » An inflammable mineral
Brick » Used in building: babel
Cities » Built » Of brick and slime
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Mortar » Cement » Slime » Building » Babel
Slime » Used at babel
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel

They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Men after the flood
Ambition » Exemplified » Builders of babel
Ambition » Instances of » The builders of babel
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Its antiquity
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Cities » General references to
Cities » Often built to perpetuate a name
Confidence » Instances of » Builders of babel
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
false Confidence » Instances of » Babel
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Plans of men » Plans, examples of » The men after the flood
Presumption » Examples of
Presumption » Exemplified » Builders of babel
Presumption » Instances of » Builders of babel
Presumptuous plans » Examples of » The men after the flood
Sciences » Mechanics
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel
Towers » Origin and antiquity of
Worldly » Ambition » Men after the flood

Genesis 11:5 (show verse)

The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel

Genesis 11:6 (show verse)

The Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have

the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.

Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Evil » The whole » Imagination
Language » Of all mankind one at first
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Language » Unity of
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel

Genesis 11:7 (show verse)

Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Ambition » God condemns
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » Originated the varieties in
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel

Genesis 11:8 (show verse)

So the Lord

scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.

Anger of God » Exemplified against » Builders of babel
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » Origin of the name
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » Of the nations after the flood
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » Scattered men over the earth
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel
The wicked » Confounded

Genesis 11:9 (show verse)

Therefore its name was called

Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.

Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Its antiquity
Babylon » Origin of the name
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » Scattered men over the earth
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tongues » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Babel

Genesis 11:10 (show verse)

These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;

Arphaxad » Son of shem
Genealogy » To abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Shem, six-hundred years
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:11 (show verse)

and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he had other sons and daughters.

Arphaxad » Son of shem
Genealogy » To abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Shem, six-hundred years
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:12 (show verse)

Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah;

Arphaxad » Son of shem
Genealogy » To abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Arphaxad, four-hundred and thirty-eight years
Salah » Son of arphaxad and an ancestor of joseph
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:13 (show verse)

and Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:14 (show verse)

Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber;

Eber » The probable founder of the hebrew race
Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Salah, four-hundred and thirty-three years
Salah » Son of arphaxad and an ancestor of joseph
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:15 (show verse)

and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Salah, four-hundred and thirty-three years
Salah » Son of arphaxad and an ancestor of joseph
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:16 (show verse)

Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg;

Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Eber, four-hundred and sixty-four years
Peleg » Son of eber
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:17 (show verse)

and Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:18 (show verse)

Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu;

Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Peleg, two-hundred and thirty-nine years
Peleg » Son of eber
Ragau » Son of peleg and an ancestor of jesus
Reu » Son of peleg and an ancestor of abraham
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:19 (show verse)

and Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:20 (show verse)

Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug;

Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Reu, two-hundred and thirty-nine years
Ragau » Son of peleg and an ancestor of jesus
Reu » Son of peleg and an ancestor of abraham
Serug » An ancestor of abraham
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:21 (show verse)

and Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:22 (show verse)

Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor;

Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Serug, two-hundred and thirty years
Nahor » Grandfather of abraham
Serug » An ancestor of abraham
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:23 (show verse)

and Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:24 (show verse)

Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah;

Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Nahor, one-hundred and forty-eight years
Nahor » Grandfather of abraham
Shem (sem) » Descendants of
Terah » The father of abraham

Genesis 11:25 (show verse)

and Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:26 (show verse)

Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

Abraham » Son of terah
Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Father of lot
Haran » Father of lot and brother of abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Nahor » Brother of abraham
Nahor » Grandfather of abraham
Shem (sem) » Descendants of
Terah » The father of abraham

Genesis 11:27 (show verse)

Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot.

Abraham » Son of terah
Fatherless » Exemplified
Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Father of lot and brother of abraham
Nahor » Brother of abraham
Nahor » Brother of abraham » Marriage and descendants of
Orphan » Instances of » Lot
Shem (sem) » Descendants of
Terah » The father of abraham
Ur » Abraham's native place

Genesis 11:28 (show verse)

Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

Chaldea » Abraham a native of
Fatherless » Exemplified
Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Father of lot and brother of abraham
Orphan » Instances of » Lot
Shem (sem) » Descendants of
Terah » The father of abraham
Ur » Abraham's native place

Genesis 11:29 (show verse)

Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

Abraham » Marries sarah
Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Father of lot and brother of abraham
Incest » Instances of » Nahor
Iscah » Daughter of haran and sister of lot
Marriage » Consanguinous, abraham and sarah
Milcah » The wife of nahor and the mother of bethuel
Nahor » Brother of abraham » Marriage and descendants of
Sarah » Also called sarai » Wife of abraham
Shem (sem) » Descendants of
Terah » The father of abraham

Genesis 11:30 (show verse)

Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Father of lot and brother of abraham
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Childlessness regarded as a misfortune
Sarah » Also called sarai » Wife of abraham
Terah » The father of abraham

Genesis 11:31 (show verse)

Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and settled there.

Abraham » Lives in ur, but removes to haran
Babylon » Situated beyond the euphrates
Canaan » Land of
Chaldea » Abraham a native of
Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Or charran, land of
Haran » Also called charran » A place in mesopotamia to which terah and abraham migrated
Haran » Father of lot and brother of abraham
Holy land » Called » Land of canaan
Lot » The son of haran » Accompanies terah from ur of the chaldees to haran
Sarah » Also called sarai » Wife of abraham
Terah » The father of abraham
Ur » Abraham's native place » Abraham leaves

Genesis 11:32 (show verse)

The days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.

Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Also called charran » Death of terah at
Longevity » Instances of » Terah, two-hundred and five years
Terah » The father of abraham