Shem inherited the Blessing. His most important descendant, Arpachshad, migrated to present day Iraq. He lived in the midst of Babel. Eventually, God will call descendant, Abraham, to leave Ur of the Chaldees, and go to Arpachshad’s Canaan. 11:1-9 Three observations. 1st the Location of Babel. 2nd The Sin of Babel. 3rd The judgment of Babel. The Location of Babel 11:1 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. In chapter 11:1-9 comes after chapter ten. However, today’s reading chronologically it occurs after 10:13. Why do we say this? At the end of each one of genealogies we are told that the spread in their lands, Moses’ son’s “peoples each with his own language, by their clans, in their (10:5, 20, 32). nations” However, 11:1 reads whole earth had one language and the same “The words.” In other words, 11:1-9 is the story of how and why the of Noah were son’s disbursed over the earth and came to speak different languages, and it all started with failure to honor his father. Ham’s After the flood, the Ark came to rest on Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey. Noah and his descendants slowly migrated East into the broad Tigris/Euphrates Valley. The direction is an important pointer. “east” Sailhamer: “In the Genesis narratives, when man goes ‘east,’ he leaves the land of blessing (Eden and the Promised Land) and goes to a land where the greatest of his hopes will turn to ruin (Babylon and Sodom).” . See Table of Nations. Verse 2 says found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled “they there.” This is a problem because when God renewed the creation mandate with Noah he said, and fill the In other words, dispersal “Be fruitful, multiply, earth.” throughout the world was plan. God’s
Shem inherited the Blessing. His most important descendant, Arpachshad, migrated to present day Iraq. He lived in the midst of Babel. Eventually, God will call Arpachshad’s descendant, Abraham, to leave Ur of the Chaldees, and go to Canaan. 11:1-9 Three observations. 1st the Location of Babel. 2nd The Sin of Babel. 3rd The judgment of Babel. The Location of Babel 11:1 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. In today’s reading chapter 11:1-9 comes after chapter ten. However, chronologically it occurs after 10:13. Why do we say this? At the end of each one of Moses’ son’s genealogies we are told that the “peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations” (10:5, 20, 32). However, 11:1 reads “The whole earth had one language and the same words.” In other words, 11:1-9 is the story of how and why the son’s of Noah were disbursed over the earth and came to speak different languages, and it all started with Ham’s failure to honor his father. After the flood, the Ark came to rest on Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey. Noah and his descendants slowly migrated East into the broad Tigris/Euphrates Valley. The direction “east” is an important pointer. Sailhamer: “In the Genesis narratives, when man goes ‘east,’ he leaves the land of blessing (Eden and the Promised Land) and goes to a land where the greatest of his hopes will turn to ruin (Babylon and Sodom).” . See Table of Nations. Verse 2 says “they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.” This is a problem because when God renewed the creation mandate with Noah he said, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.” In other words, dispersal throughout the world was God’s plan.
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