Day 4 - Babel, Shem, and the father of Abram
Read Genesis 11:1-26, 1 Chronicles 1:24-27, Genesis 11:27-14:24 Background | With the life of Abram and Sarai, the Chronological Bible gives two dates - a traditional chronology and one that is more recently rendered by scholarship. All dates are approximate (good guesses). Dates of Reading | prior to and including | 2166 BC | 2000 BC Reading | Tower of Babel answers the question of why there are so many languages and people scattered around the planet - the writer points to the arrogance of humanity to make a name for themselves; linage for Shem to Abram (long lifed people); Abram married Sarai and Sarai was barren (at this time); God calls Abram to go to a new land; Abram and Sarai escape a famine and got to Eygpt and a bizarre story of Abram protecting himself and retribution for sin; Abram and Lot separate; Abram the Hebrew get a report of an upcoming attack on Lot and he saves Lot; Abram tithes and is blessed by the priest/king ...