F.
The fourth fall — from human government to rebellion under Satan's instigation
11:1-9
1.
Building a city and a tower to rebel against God, to renounce God, and to make a name for themselves
vv. 1-4
Gen. 11
:1
11:1
And the whole earth had one language and the same speech.
Gen. 11
:2
11:2
And as they journeyed east, they found a plain in the land of
1aShinar; and they dwelt there.
Gen. 11
:3
11:3
And they said to one another, Come, let us
amake 1bricks and burn
them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had tar for mortar.
Gen. 11
:4
11:4
And they said, Come, let us build ourselves a
1acity and a
2tower whose top is in the
bheavens; and let us make a
2name for ourselves, lest we be
cscattered over the surface of the whole earth.
2.
God dealing with man's fourth fall — scattering them in living and confounding them in language
vv. 5-9
Gen. 11
:5
11:5
And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men had built.
Gen. 11
:6
11:6
And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language; and this is
only the beginning of what they will do; and now nothing which they purpose to do will be kept from them.
Gen. 11
:7
11:7
Come, let
1aUs go down and there
2confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
Gen. 11
:8
11:8
So Jehovah
ascattered them from there over the surface of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
Gen. 11
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11:9
Therefore its name was called
1aBabel, because there Jehovah confounded the language of all the earth, and from there Jehovah scattered them over the surface of all the earth.
G.
The generations from man's salvation through water to Jehovah's calling
11:10-32
Gen. 11
:10
11:10
These are the
agenerations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old when he begot Arpachshad, two years after the flood.
Gen. 11
:11
11:11
And Shem lived after he had begotten Arpachshad five hundred years, and he begot
more sons and daughters.
Gen. 11
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11:12
And Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and begot Shelah.
Gen. 11
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11:13
And Arpachshad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred three years, and he begot
more sons and daughters.
Gen. 11
:14
11:14
And Shelah lived thirty years and begot Eber.
Gen. 11
:15
11:15
And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred three years, and he begot
more sons and daughters.
Gen. 11
:16
11:16
And Eber lived thirty-four years and begot Peleg.
Gen. 11
:17
11:17
And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred thirty years, and he begot
more sons and daughters.
Gen. 11
:18
11:18
And Peleg lived thirty years and begot Reu.
Gen. 11
:19
11:19
And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred nine years, and he begot
more sons and daughters.
Gen. 11
:20
11:20
And Reu lived thirty-two years and begot Serug.
Gen. 11
:21
11:21
And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred seven years, and he begot
more sons and daughters.
Gen. 11
:22
11:22
And Serug lived thirty years and begot Nahor.
Gen. 11
:23
11:23
And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and he begot
more sons and daughters.
Gen. 11
:24
11:24
And Nahor lived twenty-nine years and begot Terah.
Gen. 11
:25
11:25
And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah one hundred nineteen years, and he begot
more sons and daughters.
Gen. 11
:26
11:26
And aTerah lived seventy years and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Gen. 11
:27
11:27
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begot
aLot.
Gen. 11
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11:28
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in
1aUr of the
2Chaldeans.
Gen. 11
:29
11:29
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: The name of Abram’s wife was
1aSarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
Gen. 11
:30
11:30
And Sarai was
abarren; she had no child.
Gen. 11
:31
11:31
And 1Terah took Abram his son and
aLot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out together from
bUr of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan, but when they came to
2Haran they settled there.
Gen. 11
:32
11:32
And the days of Terah were two hundred five years, and Terah died in Haran.
