Read Genesis 11:1-32 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
11:1-9 {p} The tower of Babel rebellion against God
11:10-11 {s} Shem the father of Arphaxad
11:12-13 {s} Arphaxad the father of Shelah
11:14-15 {s} Shelah the father of Eber
11:16-17 {s} Eber the father of Peleg
11:18-19 {s} Peleg the father of Reu
11:20-21 {s} Reu the father of Serug
11:22-23 {s} Serug the father of Nahor
11:24-25 {s} Nahor the father of Terah
11:26-32 {p} Terah the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran
Strong themes of the parashah
11:10-32 {sx8+p} The seed of Shem
Gen 11:1-32 Chiastic Structure
Download the fully expanded Gen 11:1-32 Triennial Vayhee chal haaretz chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Theme of the parashah
The movement of the peoples abroad in the earth, after their initial rebellion against God’s command
Finding Messiah in Triennial Vayhee chal haaretz
Man built a tower whose top was to be in the heavens. They did not like God’s commandment to spread out from each other and fill the earth.
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.” Gen 9:1
But, wanting to bypass it, they tried to establish their own way to go up to God. Instead, YHVH God came down to them.
And YHVH came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men had built. Gen 11:5
We cannot go up to Him, so He comes down to us. Isn’t He wonderful? All His judgments are just!
Additional Readings for this Parashah
Zep 3:8-13 | no Psalm this week | 1 Cor 14:20-33
Studies in Triennial Vayhee chal haaretz
Gen 11, Bible for Beginners
Gen 11:1-9, Throwing off the yoke
Gen 11:1-9, The tower of Babel rebellion and its pivotal place in history
Gen 11:1-9, The Babylon connection
Babel/ Babylon index of studies
Gen 11:5, Finding Messiah in Torah
Gen 11:6, The power of unity
Gen 11:1-32, Paragraph divisions, chiastic structure, links
Gen 11:10-32, The seed of Shem
Further study off site
Josephus’ Antiquities of the Jews, Book I
Bricks for Stones part 1, part 2, part 3 (Brad Scott, highly recommended)
Origin of the Human Races (Answers in Genesis)
The Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop (While there are some inaccuracies in Hislop’s conclusions drawn at the end, the front section contains an enormous amount of accurate and independently verified information on Babylonian paganism, originally established by Nimrod, much of which has been retained in our culture even down to the present.)
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | GENESIS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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