Genesis 10-11
So.....who begat you? It occurs to me that we all claim to be sons of Adam and yet we are also sons of Noah! And some of those names are familiar, aren't they? Amazing that cities and places can really mark a life lived--a real person going through all the same things we do.
I've always marveled at how so many people in the world could have started from just one family. But then, I look at how fast our family reunion has grown over the years. At one part of the reading, I had to draw a family tree just to get it straight and sure enough, I realized that someone had to marry a close relative to keep it all going. The famous Abram's brother married his own niece. And as we read, I know that kind of thing will continue; just not as big of a deal back then as in our society.
I always try to keep their society and culture in mind as I read. It was very different from ours. Did you notice that daughters were not mentioned by name? But as a sideline at the end of each of the genealogies. Interesting.
So today we connect one main character--Noah--to our next main character--Abram and in the in-between was this tower of Babel. The part that stood out to me was God thinking about how man getting together was a bad thing. Probably just because they were getting together to glorify themselves. Just think what we could do if we were trying to glorify God and got us all on board!! Now that's my idea of heaven! All God's children on the same page!
Lord, help us see the trends in our families that can tie us together and glorify you!
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