Genesis 9:18 - Chapter 11
Adam Covenant- Garden
Noah Covenant - Near Shinar
Abraham Covenant- New Land
Mosaic Covenant- To the Promised Land
Christ Covenant- Whole World for all People
Noah’s Covenant- Chapter 9
1. Sacrifice ratified the covenant
2. Promise given to never destroy world by flood again.
3. Rainbow sign
4. Noah’s descendants, like Adam covenant, told to be fruitful and multiply
Noah’s descendants are to spread over the earth and not stay in one place.
Question: Why is there sin in the world after the Flood if the flood was destroyed living things because of sin?
1. The Flood was the judgment of sin but did not rid the earth of sin.
2. Noah was faithful but what about his family?
3. Noah was faithful but he was not sinless.
Noah lives for another 150 years after the Flood which means he is still living when Abraham is alive.
Adam lived long enough (930 years) to be alive when Lamech, Noah’s dad was alive. Doesn’t mean they knew each other but there is a connection between Adam covenant through the Abraham covenant by longevity:
Adam (1st Covenant) was alive until Lamech- Noah’s dad was alive.
Noah (2nd Covenant) was alive when Abram (3rd Covenant) was alive.
Shem, Noah’s son lived to be 600 years old and was alive during the time of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Again, doesn’t mean they knew each other but what a connection between the generations by such long life spans.
Chapter 9-11 reminds us that there is no human solution for sin. Sin can’t be solved or stopped by people. It must be dealt with by God.
Sin doesn’t skip Noah and his family just because they were saved on the ark.
9:18
Noah’s son are “scattered over the whole earth.” Didn’t do this voluntarily but were scattered.
See chapter 11 how this took place.
Sin in Chapter 9 destroys the relationship between Noah and Ham
Noah: vineyard: wine: drunk-naked in the tent
Ham: exploits the drunkenness of Noah: either some form of sexual abuse and/or mocking his father.
The other two sons do not participate: Cover their father.
Once Noah finds out- He curses Ham and his bloodline through Canaan. He blesses his other two sons and their descendants.
CHAPTER 10 and CHAPTER 11 Connection
Chapter 10 is a summary of the Table of Nations
Chapter 11 explains the details how the descendants became scattered into the whole world.
All three lines of genealogies in Chapter 10 end with the summary
Their territories
Their clans
Their languages.
Chapter 11 explains how this happened.
GENESIS 10 TABLE OF NATIONS
70 nations from 3 Sons and their descendants
Much of genealogy is divisible by the complete number 7.
Only one is not - line of Canaan- the cursed line- chaotic genealogy.
Learn from Chapter 10 and 11
God is Sovereign and in Control.
Japheth Line: Indo-Europeans, Russia, and Greece
Ham: Far East, Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Canaan, Hittites (Modern Turkey)
Shem: Persia, Assyria (Mesopotamia), Lydia, Arabia, Arameans, Hebrews- Abraham
NIMROD (Genesis 10:8-12)
Hunter- Warrior- First Major Empire builder- pre-written history
Mesopotamia (Shinar= Babylon) ark landed near here.
TOWER- TEMPLE OF BABLYON (GENESIS 11)
1. Same language
2. People did not spread out but remained all together in the same area of the Fertile Crescent.
3. Universal language.
4. Historically: polytheists, astrology, worship of gods and goddesses.
Created zigguarats (idols shape of steppe pyramids) of the Tower built to heaven.
This religion continue for a long time after God scatters the people from the area.
5. Building with bricks and tar.
PURPOSE OF BUILDING THE TEMPLE TOWER
1. Name for themselves
2. Keep unified
Thought spreading out was a weakness not a blessing from God
God scatters them by language.
God will scatter the Kingdom of Israel (721 B.C.) because of sin as well throughout the
world.
God will use language on the Day of Pentecost to gather all people to the Christ and unify them in Christ (Acts 2)
3. God is in control- his plan to spread the people out he carries out (Romans 13:1; Isaiah 40:15,17)
The people are scattered from the Mesopotamia area to their per-determined territories with their per-determined languages.
The most important scattering will happen in the same region later in the city of Ur when God calls Abram and his family to leave his homeland and go to the land of Canaan to establish a new covenant and his descendants are promised to inherit the land and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him,