An expositional study taught by Harry Morgan

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4 great events recorded in Genesis 1–11:

Creation of the universe

Fall of man

Flood

Tower of Babel

Genesis 10:1-32

Genealogy of Japheth

Genealogy of Ham

Genesis 11:10-32

City & Tower of Babel

Genealogy of Shem

Who were the people who “migrated from the east”?

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.

“migrated” (גקע) = to pull up, as in pulling up the stakes of a tent when a camp moves

“they” = (3rd person plural “ they journeyed” and “they found”) antecedent is in chapter 10, the descendants of Japheth and Ham

Where is “the land of Shinar”?

2b they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.

Name the leader of the people who settled in Shinar?

Genesis 10:6–10 The sons of Ham were Cush… 8

Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth…. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel…in the land of Shinar.

נמרד (nim·rōḏ) = rebel

Name the leader of the people who settled in Shinar?

נמרד (nim·rōḏ) = rebel

Associated Biblical namesBerodach-baladan בלאדןבראדך

Evil-merodach מרדךאויל

Marduk מרדךMerodach-baladan בלאדןמרדך

Mordecai מרדכ

What was the purpose of building the city and tower of Babel?

3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. 4

And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

Genesis 9:1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

What was the reason for making “oven fired bricks”?

3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

Exodus 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage—in mortar, in brick…

Exodus 5:18 Therefore go now and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks.”

What was the purpose of this tower? What was the tower called?

11:4a And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens…”

בבל (bā·ḇěl) = Gate of God

Is the Zodiac associated with the tower of Babel?

Psalm 19:1–2 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. 2 Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge.

Genesis 1:14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years;

Job 38:31–33 Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its season?

זרתמ (mǎz·zā·rôṯ)= constellations; the signs of the Zodiac

Is the Zodiac associated with the tower of Babel?

Adam named every living creatureGenesis 2:19 Out of the ground the LORD

God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

God named every star in the heavensPsalm 147:4 He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name.

19. Who came down to inspect the city and the tower?

Genesis 11:5–7 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 6 And the LORD said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. 7 Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

20. What observation is made from the inspection?

6 And the LORD said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.

21. Is the “us” in verse 7 the same as the Inspector mentioned in verse 5?

5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

7 Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

22. Describe how the word “come” is used in verses 3, 4 and 7.

3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks

4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower

6 And the LORD said, “Indeed the people are one… 7 Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

23. When did the inspection occur? What is the significance?

8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.

24. What action is taken and by whom?

They spoke different languages

They were scattered over all the earth

7 Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.

11:4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens…”

11:9 Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

בבל (bā·ḇěl) = man called it the “Gate to God”

בבל (bā·ḇěl) = God called it “confusion”

25. What additional action is taken?

26. Why is the scattering mentioned twice?

8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. 9 Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD

scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

27. What was used to divide and scatter people in this judgment? Compare this event with Acts 2:5-12 and Revelation 5:9

9 Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

28. Why, do you think, the Babel narrative is included in the Bible?

2 Timothy 3:16–17 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

29. Whose genealogy is recorded in Genesis 11:10-32? Why?

Shem’s Genealogy

Not recorded in Genesis 10 with his brothers

Introduces Abram (Abraham) and God’s covenant to redeem mankind

Provides the link between Noah and Messiah

Shem’s Genealogy

Arphaxad

Serug

Nahor

Abram

Salah

Eber

Rue

Peleg

Terah Nahor

Haran Lot

Shem

Sarai

IsaacJacobIsrael

30. Was Noah alive during Abram’s lifetime? If so, how old was Abram when Noah died?

Yes, 58 years

31. Which 3 fathers outlived their sons?

Shem outlived Arphaxad

Eber outlived Peleg

Serug outlived Nahor

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