12 Bible Verses about Civilization

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Genesis 1:26-27

And God said, "Let us make man in our similitude and after our likeness: that he may have rule over the fish of the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over all worms that creep on the earth." And God created man after his likeness, after the likeness of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Acts 17:30-31

And the time of this ignorance God regarded not: but now he biddeth all men everywhere to repent, because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world according to righteousness, by that man, whom he hath appointed, and hath offered faith to all men, after that he had raised him from death."

Jude 1:7

even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them - which in like manner defiled themselves, with fornication, and followed strange flesh - are set forth for an example, and suffer the vengeance of eternal fire.

Genesis 4:17

And Cain lay with his wife, which conceived and bare Enoch. And he was building a city and called the name of it after the name of his son, Enoch.

Genesis 10:1-32

These are the generations of the sons of Noah: of Shem, Ham and Japheth, which begat them children after the flood. The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.read more.
And the sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. Of these came the Isles of the gentiles in their countries, every man in his speech, kindred and nation. The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. The sons of Cush: were Seva, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah were: Sheba, and Dedan. Cush also begot Nimrod, which began to be mighty in the earth: He was a mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD, whereof came the proverb "he is as Nimrod, that mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD." And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar: Out of that land came Assyria, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah. That is a great city. And Mizraim begat Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim and Casluhim: from whence came the Philistines, and the Caphthorines. Canaan also begat Sidon his eldest son and Heth, Jebusi, Amori, Girgosi, Hivi, Arki, Sini, Arvadi, Zemari and Hamathi. And afterward sprang the kindreds of the Canaanites. And the coasts of the Canaanites were from Sidon till thou come to Gerar and to Gaza, and till thou come to Sodom, Gomorrah, Adma, Zeboiim: even unto Lasha. These were the children of Ham in their kindreds, tongues, lands and nations. And Shem the father of all the children of Eber and the eldest brother of Japheth, begat children also. And his sons were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram. And the children of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash. And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and Sheleh begat Eber. And Eber begat two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his time the earth was divided. And the name of his brother was Joktan. Joktan begat Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these are the sons of Joktan. And the dwelling of them was from Mesha until thou come unto Sephar, a mountain of the east land. These are the sons of Shem in their kindreds, languages, countries and nations. These are the kindreds of the sons of Noah, in their generations and nations. And of these came the people that were in the world after the flood.

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