Genesis 10 & 11

Genesis chapter 10 and chapter 11

We start out with learning some of the descendants of Noah's Children. We have their names, where they lived and in some cases, what the people were known for. Nimrod was a mighty hunter and the cities of Babel, Nineveh, Asshur, and Cush are all built. We here about many of these cities in our history books, and no doubt, these are the earliest cities on earth since they were created after the flood.

At the end of the chapter, we noticed that the people were united with one tongue. We know that if you are going to accomplish anything great you need unity. The Church needs unity with each other and the Holy Ghost, and the world needs unity to accomplish endeavors as well. This all ends soon because of mans sins.

Man is never satisfied with what God gives him. There was the Garden, then man's dominion over earth, and not after a fresh start man needs to create a tower to Heaven. While on this earth, the best way to get close to God is through prayer and obedience.

While the tower is under construction God causes the people to have different languages which causes great chaos and stops the construction of the tower. Man is scattered across the earth because man can no longer be in unity. Out of this disorder comes the line of Shem that goes on to bring us Abram. Here, early on in the Bible we have the 'father of faith', and the start of his journey in obedience.