Genesis Chapter 11
Tower of Babel engraving - Gustave Dore, 1870
Genesis Chapter 11 (New International Version) 1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth." 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. 6 The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other." 8 So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel--because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth. 10 This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. 11 And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters. 12 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. 13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. 14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. 15 And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. 16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. 17 And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters. 18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. 19 And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters. 20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. 21 And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters. 22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. 23 And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters. 24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. 25 And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters. 26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. 27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. 29 Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah. 30 Now Sarai was barren; she had no children. 31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
Daily Study QuestionsDAY ONEClick here to download a worksheet (PDF file) to analyze the lineage of Shem. Fill in the ages of the line of Shem on the chart in the space provided for each name. The numbers across the top and bottom of the chart represent the years since the creation of Adam. The grey boxes represent birth years and the black boxes represent a death years. They do NOT represent time in equal increments horizontally. Therefore they cannot be compared for legnth of years by comparing the legnth of the lines to one another. What they DO represent is who was alive when others were alive at the same time. Once you see the worksheet, print it out and study Genesis chapter eleven so you can fill in the names for each box and their ages at death. This gives you a picture of the ages of Noah and Shem's descendants in Genesis Chapter 11. It may surprise you to learn who was alive during Abram's time as well as some other interesting facts. Click the logo shown below if you need to download the free Adobe Reader software to view and print the worksheet. 
DAY TWO 1. Was Noah alive during Abrams lifetime? If so, how old was Abram when Noah died? 2. Which 3 fathers outlived their sons? 3. Which father outlived the most descendants? DAY THREE 1. Who was the leader of the people who settled in Shinar? From which of the three sons of Noah did he descend? 2. What two advantages did the people hope to gain in building the tower? 3. Why were the people wrong to build the tower? DAY FOUR 1. What 2 things did God cause to happen to those who were building the tower? 2. How were Shem and Terah similar as fathers but different than the other fathers listed in chapter 11? 3. How were Nimrod and Cain similar? DAY FIVE 1. Which human characters that we have studied in these 11 chapters of Genesis have been:
3. How long do you think Abram stayed in Haran before going to Canaan? DAY SIX After studying these 11 chapters of Genesis what have you learned that you can apply in your everyday life? Compare Your Answers for Genesis Chapter 11
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