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Genesis 11

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Genesis 11 . 1

1 Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.IPActs 2:9-11CGenesis 11:1-9TOSKGenesis 11:1TTTower of Babel (Division Reversed)

Genesis 11 . 2

2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.IPActs 2:9-11CGenesis 11:1-9TOSKGenesis 11:2TTTower of Babel (Division Reversed)

Genesis 11 . 3

3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.IPActs 2:9-11CGenesis 11:1-9TOSKGenesis 11:3TTTower of Babel (Division Reversed)

Genesis 11 . 4

4 "Come," they said, "let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth."IPActs 2:9-11CGenesis 11:1-9TOSKGenesis 11:4TTTower of Babel (Division Reversed)

Genesis 11 . 5

5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.IPActs 2:9-11CGenesis 11:1-9TOSKGenesis 11:5TTTower of Babel (Division Reversed)

Genesis 11 . 6

6 And the LORD said, "If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.IPActs 2:9-11CGenesis 11:1-9TOSKGenesis 11:6TTTower of Babel (Division Reversed)

Genesis 11 . 7

7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."IPDeuteronomy 32:8 · Isaiah 6:8CGenesis 11:1-9TOSKGenesis 11:7TTTower of Babel (Division Reversed)

Genesis 11 . 8

8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.IPActs 2:9-11CGenesis 11:1-9TOSKGenesis 11:8TTTower of Babel (Division Reversed)

Genesis 11 . 9

9 That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.IPActs 2:9-11CGenesis 11:1-9TOSKGenesis 11:9TTTower of Babel (Division Reversed)

Genesis 11 . 10

10 This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:10TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 11

11 And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:11TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 12

12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:12TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 13

13 And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:13TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 14

14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:14TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 15

15 And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:15TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 16

16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:16TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 17

17 And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:17TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 18

18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:18TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 19

19 And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:19TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 20

20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:20TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 21

21 And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:21TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 22

22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:22TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 23

23 And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:23TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 24

24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:24TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 25

25 And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:25TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 26

26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27TOSKGenesis 11:26TTShem (Blessed Line of YHWH) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 27

27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27 · Joshua 24:2CGenesis 11:27-22:24 (Abraham Cycle)TOSKGenesis 11:27TTThese are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 28

28 During his father Terah's lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27 · Joshua 24:2TOSKGenesis 11:28TTThese are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 29

29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram's wife was named Sarai, and Nahor's wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.IP1 Chronicles 1:1-27 · Joshua 24:2TOSKGenesis 11:29TTThese are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 30

30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.IPJoshua 24:2TOSKGenesis 11:30TTThese are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy) · Sarah (Mother of Promise) · Hannah (Barren Mother of Promise)

Genesis 11 . 31

31 And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.IPJoshua 24:2TOSKGenesis 11:31TTThese are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

Genesis 11 . 32

32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.IPJoshua 24:2TOSKGenesis 11:32TTThese are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

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Intertextuality Pairs

Quotations 1 Chronicles 1:1-27 → Genesis 11:10-29

Allusions Acts 2:9-11 → Genesis 11:1-9, Joshua 24:2 → Genesis 11:27-32

Echoes Deuteronomy 32:8 → Genesis 11:7, Isaiah 6:8 → Genesis 11:7

Trajectories

Hannah (Barren Mother of Promise), Sarah (Mother of Promise), Shem (Blessed Line of YHWH), These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy), Tower of Babel (Division Reversed)

Chiasms

Shaped Genesis 11:1–9, Genesis 11:27–22:24 (Abraham Cycle)