Genesis 11:27–32
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to one of the most significant turning points in all of Scripture. The first eleven chapters of Genesis have been a story of cosmic scope, but also a story of repeated, spiraling failure. We have seen the fall in the garden, the first murder, the corruption that led to the flood, and the arrogant rebellion at the Tower of Babel. At Babel, God scattered the nations in judgment, confusing their language and frustrating their God-defying attempt at unity. The story of humanity, left to its own devices, is a story of disintegration. It is a story of moving away from God, away from each other, and away from the garden. If the story ended there, it would be a tragedy. But God is not a passive observer of human rebellion. And so, in the middle of a dusty genealogy, in a seemingly unremarkable list of names from a pagan city, God begins His great counter-offensive.