Genesis 10-11
Through Genesis 10, we see that we
all descend from Noah and his sons. The last verse (V 32) of Chapter 10 states
it explicitly.
Chapter 11 began by telling us that
all human beings at that time used the same one language. Pridefulness and
arrogance in Man developed to the point of wanting to build a city and tower whose
top would reach into Heaven. What presumptuousness! This sinful spirit
certainly displeased God and He stopped the project by confusing the human language
so that they could not understand one another (hence, the origin of such a
multitude of existing languages nowadays). Thus, the people got scattered all
over the world. (V 1-9)
Then, the records of the generations
of Shem, the blessed son of Noah are listed down to Abram, the son of Terah (V
10-26).
Abram was married to his half-sister Sarai
(Same father but different mother (Ref. Gen 20:12)). Abram and his wife Sarai, Abram's
father Terah, and Abram's nephew Lot (his father Haran has already died) went
out towards the land of Canaan. They reached as far as Haran and settled there
until the father Terah died (V 27-32)
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