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Genesis 11:26–12:9 - Hearing God’s Call

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  • Wybren H. Oord

This article is a Bible study on Genesis 11:26–12:9.

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Genesis 11:27–32 - Life of Abraham

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  • Wybren H. Oord

This article is a Bible study on Genesis 11:27–32.

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Genesis 11 - Babel and Beyond

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  • Mark vander Hart

This article is a Bible study on Genesis 11.

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The Apparent Cainan: Contradiction in Luke 3:36

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  • Larry Brigden

The Cainan contradiction refers to the difference in the genealogy records of Luke 3:36, Genesis 10:24, Genesis 11:12, and 1 Chronicles 1:18. Is there a contradiction? This article says there is none.

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Many Languages

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  • Douglas J. Kuiper

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.

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A Historical Reading of Genesis 11:1-9 – The Sumerian Demise and Dispersion under the Ur III Dynasty

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  • Paul T. Penley

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.

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Living in the Gap between Promise and Reality – The Preparation of a Saint (Genesis 11:27-32)

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  • Iain M. Duguid

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.

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The Historical Background of Genesis 11:1-9: Babel or Ur?

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  • Dale S. DeWitt

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.

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Structure and Purpose in Genesis 1-11

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  • Gary V. Smith

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.

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The Effects of Poetic and Literary Style on the Interpretation of the Early Chapters of Genesis

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  • G. Douglas Young

The significance of the Semitic poetry and literary style in which Genesis 1-Genesis 11 is written is considered.

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Genesis 11:27-12:3 – Abram Led out of Ur of the Chaldeans

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  • Isaac de Wolff

This article is a Bible study on Genesis 11:27-Genesis 12:3.

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Genesis 9-11 – From the Flood to Abraham

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  • Isaac de Wolff

This article is a Bible study on Genesis 9-Genesis 11.

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Genesis 11 - Back to Babel! The Same Old Story

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  • Sjirk Bajema

From Genesis 11 this article shows what happens when people neglect God and want to be God. The author applies this to the use of technology and modern issues like euthanasia.

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Genesis 11:1-9 - The Tower of Babel

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  • Henry vanderKam

This is a Bible study on Genesis 11:1-9.

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Ur of the Chaldeans The Old Testament and Archaeology

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  • Cornelis van Dam

This article is about the city Ur and the history of Abraham (Genesis 11:27-32).

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Acts 2:1-11 – Babel Reversed

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  • George P. van Popta

This article looks at language and the proclamation of the gospel and looks at Acts 2:1-11, Genesis 9:1 and Genesis 11:1-9.

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Genesis 11:26-12:9 – Hearing God's Call

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  • Wybren H. Oord

This article offers an exposition of Genesis 11:26-Genesis 12:9.

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Acts 2:5-13 - Pentecost: Bringing Unity to the Confusion

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  • George P. van Popta

This article is about the different languages spoken on Pentecost, and how this is a reversal of the confusion God created at Babel with the different languages. Important texts are Genesis 11:1-9 and Acts 2:5-13.

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