Genesis Chapter 11 [KJV]

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1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And a tower – As a protection against further disasters similar to the flood. R2846:2

Losing confidence in God, the people began the construction of the tower of Babel. PD22/33

A name – Such as Catholic, Methodist, Episcopal, etc. R718:2


5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. Confound their language – The diversity of language is an effectual barrier to prevent mankind from combining for the accomplishment of his own selfish or sinful purposes. PD22/33

8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Called Babel – Confusion, type of Babylon, Christendom. D26

Called by the natives Babil, the gate of God. D24

Picture of a religious "tower of Babel," primarily Papacy. SM405:1

Confound the language – This corresponds well with the Protestant Reformation movement. SM405:2


10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: Two years after the flood – Link No.11 in the true Bible chronology. B44

Therefore Shem was not the oldest son of Noah. HG104:2


11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 500 years – Longevity immediately shortened after the flood. R534:5

12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: Lived 35 years – Link No.12 in the true Bible chronology. B44

13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: Lived 30 years – Link No.13 in the true Bible chronology. B44

15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: Lived 34 years – Link No.14 in the true Bible chronology. B44

17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: Lived 30 years – Link No.15 in the true Bible chronology. B44

19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: Lived 32 years – Link No.16 in the true Bible chronology. B44

21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: Lived 30 years – Link No.17 in the true Bible chronology. B44

23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: Lived 29 years – Link No.18 in the true Bible chronology. B44

25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And begat Abram – Haran, the eldest, was born when Terah was 70; while Abram, the youngest, was not born until Terah was 130. Abram is mentioned first because of his greater prominence. R2855:1, R5177:3, R1595:2

Lot and Abraham were probably nearly the same age. R5177:5


27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. Abram – Terah's youngest son. Q709:5

28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. Took them wives – Nahor's wife, Milcah, was the daughter of his brother Haran; and Milcah's granddaughter, Rebekah, was the wife of Isaac, Abraham's son; showing that Haran and Nahor were both much older than Abraham. R2855:4, R5177:6

30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. Sarai was barren – Corresponding to the long deferred coming of Christ. PD23/34

31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. And Lot – About Abram's own age. Lot had "sons-in-law which married his daughters" (Gen. 19:14) before Isaac was born. R2855:4, R5177:5

And Sarai – Probably the daughter of Haran, sister of Lot. R2846:5

And they went forth – Probably influenced by the gross idolatry about them. R3936:1

He did not stop to argue that he could do more good by remaining among his idolatrous and wicked neighbors. R3936:4

Ur of the Chaldees – Now called Mugheir, at which place the name "Abu Ramu " (Abram) has been found on tablets recently unearthed. R3935:3


32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. Were 205 years – Link No.19 in the true Bible chronology. B44

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