The below link is a little longer than most articles, but well worth the time:
Genesis 10 lists the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japeth, the three sons of Noah. Genesis 10:32 says, “These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.” However, this didn’t occur immediately after the flood; for it wasn’t until they increased in sufficient numbers that they formed distinct nations.
After the flood, God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth” (Genesis 9:1). This was a command from God for humans to reproduce and fill the entire earth, not just live in one specific area. However, in Genesis 11:2, we see the people once again disobeying God by staying in one place—the land of Shinar (later called Mesopotamia and then Iraq).
The arrogance and pride of the people of Earth at this time are seen in Genesis 11. “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” (Genesis 11:4). The next verse says that the LORD (or Yahweh) came down from heaven to see the city and the tower.
“And the LORD said, Behold, the people are one, and they all have one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech” (Genesis 11:6-7). Observe the use of the plural form ‘us‘ in reference to the Trinity of God (Elohim) in Genesis 11:7. At least two of the three Persons of God descended to the Earth to scatter (divide) the people by causing the people to speak in different languages.
It is probable that the Father sent the Son and the Holy Spirit to accomplish His will in this matter. This is logical as the pre-incarnate Son’s heavenly name is the Word (John 1:1,14), and the Holy Spirit is the One who caused Jesus’ disciples to speak in different languages during Pentecost (aka Shavuot), fifty days after Jesus’ resurrection. At Babel, the Holy Spirit enabled the people to speak in different languages so the different clans couldn’t understand one another. However, at Jerusalem (Pentecost 33 AD), the Holy Spirit enabled the disciples to speak in different languages so the Jews (and Gentiles) from different nations could understand them in their own language. That is quite a paradigm shift!
Ever since the sons of Noah began the process of repopulating the planet after the great flood, their descendants spoke only one language (some scholars believe it to be Hebrew), per Genesis 11:1. God accomplished His will of scattering the different clans throughout the earth by causing them to speak in different languages, so they couldn’t understand one another. To the ones trying to understand those speaking in a different language, it just sounded like ‘babel’ or nonsense.
“So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 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” (Genesis 11:8-9). The will of God will always be accomplished, one way or the other.
Peleg was the fifteenth generation from Adam (inclusive reckoning—Adam being the first). He was the great, great-grandson of Shem. His name is first mentioned in Genesis 10:25, “And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.” Peleg’s name in Hebrew means ‘division.’ Peleg was aptly named, as it is believed by most scholars that Genesis 10:25 refers to the beginning of the division of nations when God “scattered the people abroad from there upon the face of all the earth” (per Genesis 11:8).
www.raptureready.com
Genesis 10 lists the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japeth, the three sons of Noah. Genesis 10:32 says, “These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.” However, this didn’t occur immediately after the flood; for it wasn’t until they increased in sufficient numbers that they formed distinct nations.
After the flood, God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth” (Genesis 9:1). This was a command from God for humans to reproduce and fill the entire earth, not just live in one specific area. However, in Genesis 11:2, we see the people once again disobeying God by staying in one place—the land of Shinar (later called Mesopotamia and then Iraq).
The arrogance and pride of the people of Earth at this time are seen in Genesis 11. “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” (Genesis 11:4). The next verse says that the LORD (or Yahweh) came down from heaven to see the city and the tower.
“And the LORD said, Behold, the people are one, and they all have one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech” (Genesis 11:6-7). Observe the use of the plural form ‘us‘ in reference to the Trinity of God (Elohim) in Genesis 11:7. At least two of the three Persons of God descended to the Earth to scatter (divide) the people by causing the people to speak in different languages.
It is probable that the Father sent the Son and the Holy Spirit to accomplish His will in this matter. This is logical as the pre-incarnate Son’s heavenly name is the Word (John 1:1,14), and the Holy Spirit is the One who caused Jesus’ disciples to speak in different languages during Pentecost (aka Shavuot), fifty days after Jesus’ resurrection. At Babel, the Holy Spirit enabled the people to speak in different languages so the different clans couldn’t understand one another. However, at Jerusalem (Pentecost 33 AD), the Holy Spirit enabled the disciples to speak in different languages so the Jews (and Gentiles) from different nations could understand them in their own language. That is quite a paradigm shift!
Ever since the sons of Noah began the process of repopulating the planet after the great flood, their descendants spoke only one language (some scholars believe it to be Hebrew), per Genesis 11:1. God accomplished His will of scattering the different clans throughout the earth by causing them to speak in different languages, so they couldn’t understand one another. To the ones trying to understand those speaking in a different language, it just sounded like ‘babel’ or nonsense.
“So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 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” (Genesis 11:8-9). The will of God will always be accomplished, one way or the other.
Peleg was the fifteenth generation from Adam (inclusive reckoning—Adam being the first). He was the great, great-grandson of Shem. His name is first mentioned in Genesis 10:25, “And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.” Peleg’s name in Hebrew means ‘division.’ Peleg was aptly named, as it is believed by most scholars that Genesis 10:25 refers to the beginning of the division of nations when God “scattered the people abroad from there upon the face of all the earth” (per Genesis 11:8).
The Antichrist Will Be a Nimrod :: By Randy Nettles
Genesis 10 lists the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japeth, the three sons of Noah. Genesis 10:32 says, "These are the families of the sons of Noah, after
www.raptureready.com
