Genesis 7:11

  • The Babel Syndrome

    “Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”  Genesis 11:7  NASB   Confuse – When you listen to someone speak, what do you hear?  Sounds, of course.  Usually sounds that make up words that make up thoughts.  But other than the audio signals, do you hear the meaning of those sounds?  I live in…

  • An Egyptian Flood

    When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky. Genesis 7:11 NLT In mighty torrents – Well, you won’t find anything like the second half of this verse in the Hebrew. The…

  • Rearranging Bricks

    “Let us, then, go down and confound their speech there, so that they shall not understand one another’s speech.” Genesis 11:7 (JPS) Confound – God has a real sense of humor, even when it comes to terribly important events. I would say that God has an Englishman’s sense of humor; that sort of dry wit…