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Genesis 11 Summary
Babel: The Scattering of Nations
Humanity unites to build a tower reaching heaven, seeking to make a name for themselves. God descends, confuses their language, and scatters them over the earth. The passage explains the diversity of languages and peoples. The genealogy ends with Abram, bridging the table of nations to the story of election.
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Key verses
Genesis 11:4
“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”
Genesis 11:7
“Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.”
Genesis 11:9
“Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.”
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