Adam and His Kin 13-16
Monday, March 5th, 2007
Chapters 13 and 14 describe the re-population of the earth, and the wickedness that soon re-developed in the Cushite family. We read also about the cursing of the Hamites.
It was approximately 100 years after the flood that the Tower of Babel was begun. Isn’t it incredible that the sons and grandsons of those that survived the flood could so quickly forget the lessons learned there-in? Nimrod (he was the son of Cush,who was the son of Ham) began to take over the cities that were built up along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. He also killed the those who preached about God.
The largest city was eventually renamed Bel, in honor of the serpent, and it was here that the massive tower, with it’s shrine to Satan at the top, was built. The people were called to come to the city to celebrate. While the city was full of people, the common language was confused, and there were great earthquakes. The tower was destroyed by fire from heaven. The resultant discord caused the people to disperse into like-speaking groups.
Nimrod was now dead, but his wife set herself up as the Queen of Heaven, and was worshiped, along with the supposedly reborn Nimrod.
It was during this time that Noah’s great-great-great grandson was born. Noah was 701 years old. The child was named Peleg, which means Division.
I think the next session will be the last one for this book. I’ll explore something else when we meet on Wednesday, and then Friday we will pick up here again.
