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Themes in Genesis 11

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Themes in Genesis 11

Genesis 11:1 (show verse)

And all the earth shall be one lip, and the same words.

Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Of all mankind one at first
Language » Confusion of
Language » Unity of
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel

Genesis 11:2 (show verse)

And it shall be in their removing from the east they shall find a valley in the land of Shmar; and they shall dwell there.

Assyria » Called » Shinar
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » Empire of » Called land of shinar
Babylon » City of » In the land of shinar
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Cities » Built » In plains
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Exodus » Of early tribes
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel

Genesis 11:3 (show verse)

And they shall say a man to his neighbor, Come, we will make bricks, and we will burn to a burning, and brick shall be to them for stone, and potter's clay shall be to them for potter's clay.

Art » Primitive » Of the brickmaker
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Brick-makers
Arts of the » Brick-maker
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Bitumen » Margin rv, slime » An inflammable mineral
Brick » Used in building: babel
Cities » Built » Of brick and slime
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Mortar » Cement » Slime » Building » Babel
Slime » Used at babel
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel

Genesis 11:4 (show verse)

And they will say, Come, we will build to us a city, and a tower, its head to the heavens; and we will make to us a name, lest we shall be dispersed over the face of the earth.

Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Men after the flood
Ambition » Exemplified » Builders of babel
Ambition » Instances of » The builders of babel
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Its antiquity
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Cities » General references to
Cities » Often built to perpetuate a name
Confidence » Instances of » Builders of babel
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
false Confidence » Instances of » Babel
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Plans of men » Plans, examples of » The men after the flood
Presumption » Examples of
Presumption » Exemplified » Builders of babel
Presumption » Instances of » Builders of babel
Presumptuous plans » Examples of » The men after the flood
Sciences » Mechanics
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel
Towers » Origin and antiquity of
Worldly » Ambition » Men after the flood

Genesis 11:5 (show verse)

And Jehovah will come down to see the city, and the tower which the sons of men built

Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel

Genesis 11:6 (show verse)

And Jehovah will say, Behold, the people one, and one lip to them all; and this they begin to do: and now it will not be restrained from them all which they shall imagine to do.

Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Evil » The whole » Imagination
Language » Of all mankind one at first
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Language » Unity of
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel

Genesis 11:7 (show verse)

Come, we will come down and mix their lip that they shall not hear a man the lip of his neighbor.

Ambition » God condemns
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » Originated the varieties in
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel

Genesis 11:8 (show verse)

And Jehovah will disperse them from thence over the face of all the earth: and they will cease to build the city.

Anger of God » Exemplified against » Builders of babel
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » Origin of the name
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » Of the nations after the flood
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » Scattered men over the earth
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel
The wicked » Confounded

Genesis 11:9 (show verse)

Therefore its name was called confusion, for there Jehovah confounded the lip of all the earth: and from thence Jehovah dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Its antiquity
Babylon » Origin of the name
Babylon » City of » Tower of
Confusion » Of tongues
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of
Language » Confusion of » Scattered men over the earth
Miracles » Catalogue of » The confusion of languages
Tongue » Confusion of
Tongues » Confusion of
Tower » Of babel
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Babel

Genesis 11:10 (show verse)

These the generations of Shem: Shem the son of a hundred years, and he will beget Arphaeshad, two years after the flood.

Arphaxad » Son of shem
Genealogy » To abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Shem, six-hundred years
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:11 (show verse)

And Shem shall live after his begetting Arphaeshad, five hundred years, and he shall beget sons and daughters.

Arphaxad » Son of shem
Genealogy » To abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Shem, six-hundred years
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:12 (show verse)

And Arphaeshad will live five and thirty years, and will beget Shelah.

Arphaxad » Son of shem
Genealogy » To abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Arphaxad, four-hundred and thirty-eight years
Salah » Son of arphaxad and an ancestor of joseph
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:13 (show verse)

And Arphaeshad shall live after his begetting Shelah, three years and four hundred years, and he will beget sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:14 (show verse)

And Shelah will live thirty years and will beget Eber.

Eber » The probable founder of the hebrew race
Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Salah, four-hundred and thirty-three years
Salah » Son of arphaxad and an ancestor of joseph
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:15 (show verse)

And Shelah will live after his begetting Eber, three years and four hundred years, and will beget sons and daughters.

Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Salah, four-hundred and thirty-three years
Salah » Son of arphaxad and an ancestor of joseph
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:16 (show verse)

And Eber will live four and thirty years and will beget Peleg.

Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Eber, four-hundred and sixty-four years
Peleg » Son of eber
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:17 (show verse)

And Eber will live after his begetting Peleg, thirty years and four hundred years, and will beget sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:18 (show verse)

And Peleg will live thirty years and will beget Reu.

Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Peleg, two-hundred and thirty-nine years
Peleg » Son of eber
Ragau » Son of peleg and an ancestor of jesus
Reu » Son of peleg and an ancestor of abraham
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:19 (show verse)

And Peleg will live after his begetting Reu, nine years and two hundred years, and he will beget sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:20 (show verse)

And Reu will live two and thirty years, and he will beget Serug.

Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Reu, two-hundred and thirty-nine years
Ragau » Son of peleg and an ancestor of jesus
Reu » Son of peleg and an ancestor of abraham
Serug » An ancestor of abraham
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:21 (show verse)

And Reu shall live after his begetting Serug, seven years and two hundred years, and he will beget sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:22 (show verse)

And Serug will live thirty years and will beget Nahor.

Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Serug, two-hundred and thirty years
Nahor » Grandfather of abraham
Serug » An ancestor of abraham
Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Genesis 11:23 (show verse)

And Serug will live after his begetting Nahor, two hundred years, and will beget sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:24 (show verse)

And Nahor will live nine and twenty years, and will beget Terah.

Genealogy » To abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Longevity » Instances of » Nahor, one-hundred and forty-eight years
Nahor » Grandfather of abraham
Shem (sem) » Descendants of
Terah » The father of abraham

Genesis 11:25 (show verse)

And Nahor will live after his begetting Terah, nineteen years and a hundred years, and he will beget sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:26 (show verse)

And Terah will live seventy years and will beget Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Abraham » Son of terah
Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Father of lot
Haran » Father of lot and brother of abraham
Hebrew » A word supposed to be a corruption of the name of eber, who was an ancestor of abraham
Nahor » Brother of abraham
Nahor » Grandfather of abraham
Shem (sem) » Descendants of
Terah » The father of abraham

Genesis 11:27 (show verse)

And these the generations of Terah: Terah begetting Abram, Nahor, and Haran: and Haran begetting Lot

Abraham » Son of terah
Fatherless » Exemplified
Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Father of lot and brother of abraham
Nahor » Brother of abraham
Nahor » Brother of abraham » Marriage and descendants of
Orphan » Instances of » Lot
Shem (sem) » Descendants of
Terah » The father of abraham
Ur » Abraham's native place

Genesis 11:28 (show verse)

And Haran will die at the face of Terah his father in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.

Chaldea » Abraham a native of
Fatherless » Exemplified
Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Father of lot and brother of abraham
Orphan » Instances of » Lot
Shem (sem) » Descendants of
Terah » The father of abraham
Ur » Abraham's native place

Genesis 11:29 (show verse)

And Abram and Nahor will take to them wives, the name of Abram's wife Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

Abraham » Marries sarah
Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Father of lot and brother of abraham
Incest » Instances of » Nahor
Iscah » Daughter of haran and sister of lot
Marriage » Consanguinous, abraham and sarah
Milcah » The wife of nahor and the mother of bethuel
Nahor » Brother of abraham » Marriage and descendants of
Sarah » Also called sarai » Wife of abraham
Shem (sem) » Descendants of
Terah » The father of abraham

Genesis 11:30 (show verse)

And Sarai shall be barren; to her not a child.

Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Father of lot and brother of abraham
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Childlessness regarded as a misfortune
Sarah » Also called sarai » Wife of abraham
Terah » The father of abraham

And Terah will take 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 shall come forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to move to the land of Canaan and they will come to Haran, and will dwell there.

Abraham » Lives in ur, but removes to haran
Babylon » Situated beyond the euphrates
Canaan » Land of
Chaldea » Abraham a native of
Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Or charran, land of
Haran » Also called charran » A place in mesopotamia to which terah and abraham migrated
Haran » Father of lot and brother of abraham
Holy land » Called » Land of canaan
Lot » The son of haran » Accompanies terah from ur of the chaldees to haran
Sarah » Also called sarai » Wife of abraham
Terah » The father of abraham
Ur » Abraham's native place » Abraham leaves

Genesis 11:32 (show verse)

And the days of Haran shall be five years and two hundred years; and Terah shall die in Haran.

Genealogy » To abraham
Haran » Also called charran » Death of terah at
Longevity » Instances of » Terah, two-hundred and five years
Terah » The father of abraham