Genesis 11:26–12:9 - Hearing God’s Call
Genesis 11:27–32 - Life of Abraham
Genesis 11 - Babel and Beyond
Genesis 11:27-12:5 - The Life of Abram: His Calling
Luke 3:36 - The Apparent Cainan: Contradiction
Genesis 11 - Many Languages
This article traces the development of many languages from Genesis 11. It shows how from there, language worked to separate God’s people from the world.
Genesis 11:1-9 - A Historical Reading of Genesis 11:1-9 – The Sumerian Demise and Dispersion under the Ur III Dynasty
The author first surveys the available options for reading Genesis 11:1-9: an ahistorical primaeval event, an agnostic historical event, or a known historical event. He then provides a reading of this passage as a known historical event, together with the textual and archaeological evidence considered.
Genesis 11:27-32 - Living in the Gap between Promise and Reality – The Preparation of a Saint
Duguid depicts Genesis 11:27-32 as “the preparation of Abraham and Sarah.” He offers an exposition on this passage that helps readers to apply it to their own lives.
Genesis 11:1-9 - The Historical Background: Babel or Ur?
This paper proposes a historical event behind Genesis 11:1-9 that speaks to two results of the Tower of Babel incident: the diversity of language and the scattering of the builders of the Tower.
Genesis 1-11 - Structure and Purpose
The relationship of structure to meaning is to be recognized as important in any theory of interpretation. This paper reflects on the use of structure in Genesis 1-Genesis 11 to determine the purpose of the passage.
Genesis 1-11 - The Effects of Poetic and Literary Style on the Interpretation of the Early Chapters of Genesis
The significance of the Semitic poetry and literary style in which Genesis 1-Genesis 11 is written is considered.