Genesis 10 and 11

Mastering levels of the game

Welcome to the Daily Bible Chapter. My name is James Leroy Wilson and I invite you to join me as we discover new insights and new perspectives from a very old book.

Today we’ll be discussing two chapters.

Chapter 10

The flood that wiped out the known world presumably ended the lineage of Cain.

Apparently the descendants of Ham adapted Cain’s city-building ways. But whereas Cain seemed to build for himself, Ham’s grandson Nimrod, a warrior, hunter, and founder of Babel and other cities, did it for Jehovah/The LORD.

The names and places associated with Shem and Japheth do not stand out, but Ham is the father of Egypt and the “cursed” Canaan, whose land is located in modern-day Israel and Palestine.

“Cain.”

“Canaan.”

Coincidence?

Chapter 11

Let’s look at Jehovah/The LORD’s track record. The people can have the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, or the Tree of Life, so when they choose the Tree of Knowledge Jehovah cuts off access to the Tree of Life and man becomes mortal.

Then Jehovah decides humans are living too long, and places a limit of 120 years (Genesis 6). And then Jehovah regrets…