The Tower of Babel - Abraham’s Generation

Entry - Eight


Now that Noah and his children had multiplied and replenished the earth: it was natural that they all spoke the same language... Even from the time of Adam. As the natural man goes, and Satan roaming around the land; it is only a matter of time before most people began to be wicked again.. It doesn’t say how it all started, but we have a glimpse of it through Canaan the son of Ham. It would only be natural for him to get angry at Noah, his uncles, and siblings for being curse to serve them. He probably was resentful and much more. How would you feel if you were, not asked, ..but told... that you and you children were to become the servants of your family??? If you were disrespectful in the first place, wouldn’t that make you angry... to technically be disown among your own, and be placed below them???

Anyway, the people began to be wicked again. Remember, Noah and his children knew a lot of what happened before the flood. They heard the teachings of their ancestors first hand... I’m sure they taught this new generations a lot of those same things.... Don’t you think ? Wouldn’t you want your children and grandchildren, great grandchildren ...and so on ... to know what you know about your family and God; and teach them what you were taught??? I know you would, because through generations that’s exactly what we’ve tend to do; as nations, and as individuals; we instinctively want to teach our children about our traditions and beliefs. So with this in mind; if they knew they were doing bad; and knew they would be in trouble with God... and they obviously knew that the LORD would separated them, and they didn’t want that... they wanted to become one city “strength in numbers” you might say.. “And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth”... They probably saw heavenly beings coming down from heaven, from time to time. they probably thought they could out smart Heavenly Father, or something... and think they could still get to Heaven on their own by building a tower that could reach up to where they assumed it was Heaven. So, the people were becoming corrupted again; those that were corrupted were making others corrupted.....

GENESIS
Chapter 11:1-9 “And the Whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2) 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.
3) And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4) And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heave; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5) And they LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6) And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7) Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8) So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9) Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.


So, The LORD saw their tower; and saw that the people were working together on building this tower... he saw that they were all on the same page... sort of thing... He saw that as long as they could talk to each other, they would continue to corrupt each other, more, and more, until all would be lost.... again. As a parent, would you want that? Would you want to lose your children again??? What would most parents do??? most parents try to separate the bad influence from those that are still under their influence, or that are young.. Right??? Well, that’s what he sort of did.... He knew that there was no hope for the future children, if they were born into all that corruption.... the LORD said “....the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them. Which they have imagined to do.” So, how can he prevent that without destroying them? ... He not only cause for them to be separated, but cut off their communication. By them not understanding each other, they couldn’t continue their project to get to heaven... they probably tried to find those that they could understand and make their own little group; and move away from those they couldn’t understand... isn’t that what we do, even today, even within the same country??? For the most part, those that speak the same language, make their own little town, their own little world, if possible. We are no different in nature than they were. God is the same today as he was then..

You can tell that the Lord didn’t want to destroy them... it doesn’t say they were as bad, or wicked as the people before the flood.... at least they were not at that point... yet.. From the time Adam left the garden to the time of the flood; it was around 1656 years give, or take before the LORD decide to start over with the Human race... He is not so hasty to get rid of anyone.. He is fair. He gives plenty of chances for people to change their ways.. So, it wasn’t that long yet; when the tower of Babel was build -(After the flood); I would say between 100 and 200 plus years, give or take... How do I know that??? .. Well, Noah lived 350 years more, after the flood... The tower of Babel seemed to have happened before Abraham was born. Noah was around 895 years old when Abraham was born (that’s about 295 years after the flood, so the tower of Babel happened during the first 250 years give or take)
... Abraham was around 55 years old, when Noah died... So, Abraham must have met Noah in his life time... especially if Abraham was a righteous man. After all, he became next in line to keep these records... Noah’s language and that of Abraham’s must have been the same. Wouldn’t it make sense that those that were righteous would understand each other; keep the same language?
Here is the timeline of Noah and Abraham :

Noah lived 950 years. After the flood he lived 350 years. He was:
600 yrs old when Arphaxad was born; son of Shem
635 yrs old when Salah was born
670 yrs old when Eber was born
704 yrs old when Peleg was born
734 yrs old when Reu was born
766 yrs old when Serug was born
796 yrs old when Nahor was born
825 yrs old when Tehar was born; father to Abraham
895 yrs old when Abraham was born

If you want to check it out for yourself; do the math on Genesis 11:10-27.

Food for thought: on verse 7 “Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language...” Was the LORD with someone else??? It implies that there is more than one individual.. Could “God” and the “LORD” be two separate beings??? If you look back on previous chapters - you’ll notice that there is “God” and “The LORD God”, and Most of the time is “The LORD”. Notice that the word LORD is all capitalized??? It would make sense if he is LORD of Lords (which are the earthly Lords). The emphasis on the Capitalize word “ LORD” as signifying the highest of the Lords, don’t you think???. Now “God” is not used as often as LORD. In the beginning of the creation we see the word name “God” more often .. You could say; God and LORD are inter changeable, and I might agree,... but when “us” is use, then it makes me think that there might be two individuals; one is God the Highest, and the other is LORD of Lords, which The LORD would still be a God, but, not the Highest God... Just food for thought. We’ll talk more about this, later on. Just keep it in mind.

This is it for now. I hope this entry gives you more understanding as to God’s dealing with man. The next entry will be on Abram. Keep pondering the scriptures, and don’t forget to pray before you read them....

JC