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Themes in Genesis 11

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Themes in Genesis 11

Genesis 11:1 (show verse)

Now the whole earth spoke one language and used the same words (vocabulary).

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)

And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they 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

They said one to another, “Come, let us make bricks and fire them thoroughly [in a kiln, to harden and strengthen them].” So they used brick for stone [as building material], and they used tar (bitumen, asphalt) 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

Genesis 11:4 (show verse)

They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the Lord instructed].”

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)

Now 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)

And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one [unified] people, and they all have the same language. This is only the beginning of what they will do [in rebellion against Me], and now no evil thing they imagine they can 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 (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) go down and there confuse and mix up 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 surface of the entire 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 the name of the city was Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the entire earth; and from that place the Lord scattered and dispersed them over the surface of all the 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 [from whom Abraham descended]. Shem was a hundred years old when he 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 Arpachshad was born, 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)

When Arpachshad had lived thirty-five years, he 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)

Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after Shelah was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:14 (show verse)

When Shelah had lived thirty years, he 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)

Shelah lived four hundred and three years after Eber was born, 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)

When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he 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 Peleg was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:18 (show verse)

When Peleg had lived thirty years, he 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 Reu was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:20 (show verse)

When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he 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 Serug was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:22 (show verse)

When Serug had lived thirty years, he 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 Nahor was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:24 (show verse)

When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he 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 a hundred and nineteen years after Terah was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:26 (show verse)

After Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram and Nahor and Haran [his firstborn].

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 descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram (Abraham), Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was 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 before 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 (later called Sarah), 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)

But Sarai was barren; she did not have a 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 to go from Ur of the Chaldeans into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran [about five hundred and fifty miles northwest of Ur], they 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)

Terah lived 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