Genesis Chapter 11: Tower of Babel

After the time of Noah, the world had one language.  Genesis 11:4 “Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

Genesis 11:6-7

“The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.  7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”

This chapter shows the arrogance and pride of man.  Once God confused the language, scattered the people, they stopped building the tower.  These descendants of Noah, must have been more focused on themselves instead of God.  Even today, we see certain leaders have a desire to unify the world without God.  It’s almost like man’s attempt to rebuild Babel.  We were created to worship God, let us honor Him, not ourselves!

The rest of the chapter is dealing with Shem’s lineage to Abraham.  We will cover Abraham on Monday (God willing).