Good Morning.  But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. And the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld...

Good Morning.  And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” (Genesis 11:4) The first person on record to build a city is...

Good Morning.  Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. (Genesis 11:3) Babylon was made entirely of brick. Why is that important? Because Jerusalem was made of stone....

Good Morning.  And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. (Genesis 11:2) Jewish commentators believe that this event took place 1996 years after Creation or just 340 years after Flood....

Good Morning.  Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. (Genesis 11:1) With so many nations and so many languages extant in the earth today, it is difficult for people to comprehend that we all came from three brothers who spoke the same language. In...

Good Morning.  These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood. (Genesis 10:32) A good portion of Genesis 10 describes the different families (nations)...

Good Morning.  He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, ‘Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.’ And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (Genesis 10:9-10) That the beginning of Nimrod’s...

Good Morning.  He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, ‘Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.’ And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (Genesis 10:9-10) The rebel, Nimrod, opposed the...

Good Morning.  Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.” (Genesis 10:8-9) Before Nimrod, there were no kings or kingdoms, only judges and...

Good Morning.  So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him. Then he said: “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants he shall be to his brethren.” And he said: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant. May God...

Good Morning.  Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went...

Good Morning.  And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. (Genesis 9:20) In Hebrew, the word for “farmer” (or “husbandman” depending on version of Bible) is איש האדמה ish ha’adamah – “man of the ground.” This is interesting for a couple of reasons;...