*Genesis 11:1-9
People united after the flood attempt to build a tower to reach heaven, but God confuses their language and scatters them around the world.
- Unity of Humanity:
- At the time, the whole earth had one language and a common speech.
- People migrated eastward and settled in the land of Shinar.
- Building the Tower:
- They decided to build a city with a tower that reached the heavens, to make a name for themselves and prevent being scattered across the earth.
- Divine Intervention:
- God observed their actions and decided to intervene.
- He acknowledged that as a united people, nothing would be impossible for them.
- Confusion of Languages:
- God descended to see the city and the tower that humans were building.
- He confused their language so they could not understand each other’s speech.
- This caused the project to halt, as they could no longer communicate effectively.
- Scattering of People:
- God scattered them across the earth, and they ceased building the city.
- Thus, the city was called Babel (meaning confusion), as God confused the language of the whole world.
- From there, the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
- Implications:
- This event led to the dispersion of people into different language groups and nations.
- It highlights humanity’s tendency towards pride and self-exaltation, and God’s sovereignty over human endeavors.
Daily Prayer
Heavenly Father,
Thank You for reminding us that we need You more than our own plans or ambitions. Forgive us when we let pride take over and try to make a name for ourselves instead of seeking to honor You.
Lord, help us to trust in Your wisdom and follow Your ways. Teach us to work together in humility, always looking to You as our guide.
We are grateful that even when we fail, You continue to work out Your plans for good. May our lives reflect Your purpose and bring glory to Your name.
Amen.
Genesis 11:1-9 (KJV)
11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
11:2 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.
11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
11:4 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.
11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
11:6 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.
11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
11:9 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.