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Themes in Genesis 11

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Themes in Genesis 11

Genesis 11:1 (show verse)

There was a time when the entire earth spoke a common language with an identical 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)

As people migrated westward, they came across a plain in the region 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 told each other, "Come on! Let's burn bricks thoroughly." They used bricks for stone and 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

Genesis 11:4 (show verse)

Then they said, "Come on! Let's build ourselves a city and a tower, with its summit in the heavens, and let's make a name for ourselves so we won't be scattered over the surface 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)

However, the LORD descended to look over the city and the tower that the humans were building.

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, "Look! They are one people with the same language for all of them, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. Nothing that they have a mind 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 on! Let's go down there and confuse their language, so that they won't understand each other'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 whole earth, so that they had to stop 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 it was called Babylon, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth, and from there the LORD scattered them over the surface of the entire 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 family records of Shem. When Shem had lived 100 years, he fathered 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)

Shem lived 500 years after he fathered Arpachshad and 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 35 years, he fathered Cainan.

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

After he fathered Cainan, Arpachshad lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters, and then died. Cainan lived 130 years and fathered Shelah. After he fathered Shelah, Cainan lived 330 years and had other sons and daughters, and then died.

Genesis 11:14 (show verse)

When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered 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)

After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and 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 34 years, he fathered 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)

After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:18 (show verse)

When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered 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)

After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:20 (show verse)

When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered 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)

After he fathered Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:22 (show verse)

When Serug had lived 30 years, he fathered 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)

After he fathered Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:24 (show verse)

When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered 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)

After he fathered Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:26 (show verse)

When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered 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 family records of Terah: Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered 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 during his father's lifetime in the land of his birth, that is, 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. She was the daughter of Haran, who was 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, so she had not borne children.

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 his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they journeyed together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they had gone as far as Haran, 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)

where Terah died at the age of 205 years.

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