4 “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
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Genesis 11:4 (MSB)
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Genesis 11:4 (MSB)
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourse...
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Genesis opens Scripture with creation, human rebellion, judgment, promise, and the family through whom God begins His covenant mission.
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Traditionally Moses
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Events from creation to the patriarchs; traditionally written in the 1400s-1200s BC
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Israel learning its origins, covenant identity, and place among the nations
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