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Themes in Genesis 11

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Themes in Genesis 11

Genesis 11:1 (show verse)

The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary.

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)

When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled 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)

Then they said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." (They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.)

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

Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire 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)

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.

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 the Lord said, "If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.

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, let's go down and confuse their language so they won't be able to understand each other."

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)

So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building 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)

That is why its name was called Babel -- because there the Lord confused the language of the entire world, and from there the Lord scattered them across the face of the entire 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)

This is the account of Shem. Shem was 100 old when he became the father of Arphaxad, 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 after becoming the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other 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)

When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of 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 after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:14 (show verse)

When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of 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 after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other 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)

When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of 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 after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:18 (show verse)

When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of 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 after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:20 (show verse)

When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of 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 after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:22 (show verse)

When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of 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 after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:24 (show verse)

When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of 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 after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:26 (show verse)

When Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of 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)

This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of 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)

Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, while his father Terah was still alive.

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 took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and 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)

But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

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

Genesis 11:31 (show verse)

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled 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)

The lifetime of Terah was 205 years, and he died 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