What Genealogies Tell Us XI A matching chain on the other side
Just 9 verses into Genesis Chapter 11 and we have a new problem. The flood had washed away the sinful culture and resulted in a …
What Genealogies Tell Us X A different genealogy, a different story
The genealogy in chapter ten exhibits a structure at once similar and quite different from the genealogies in chapters 5 & 11. But it operates …
What Genealogies Tell Us IX A different Genealogy, A different story
In the first post in this series, I said, “We assume a biblical genealogy works like a pedigree, or a family tree, as a list …
What Genealogies Tell Us VIII The Fall Repeated
The flood cleansed the violent culture. That was the symptom. The disease remained, which Noah demonstrated in a surprising way not long after leaving the …
What Genealogies Tell Us VII A Flood of Violence
Ten generations, each link connecting to another, and then one link reaches outside the family chain and fastens to an event, the great Flood. But …