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Did God tell the people to spread out over the earth?
Yes
Did the people obey?
No. Many of them settled in Shinar (Babylon).
What did the people do in Shinar?
They built a tower to be famous and powerful.
What did the Lord do?
He confused their languages and scattered them over the earth.
Do you remember what God told Noah in Genesis 9:1?
God told him to “be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.”
Were the men who settled in the plain of Shinar obeying God?
No. God told man through Noah to fill all the earth.
What did the men say that they wanted to do?
They wanted to build a city for themselves and make their name great.
What did the people mean when they said, “Let us make for ourselves a name” (Gen 11:4)?
The people wanted to show how great they were. They were proud and sinful.
What did the Lord think of what the people were doing?
He did not like that the people were being disobedient to His commands
What did the Lord decide to do?
God caused the people to speak many different languages.
What happened after God confused their language?
The people were scattered because it was impossible to understand their neighbors. God made them stop building the city.
Where were the people scattered?
The people were scattered over the face of the whole earth.
Bonus Question: What is today's Central Truth?
God defeats the proud.
Bonus Question: What is today's key verse?
"So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city."
Genesis 11:8
Activity Book Q1: How many languages does Genesis 11:1 say the people used to speak?
One
Activity Book Q2: Where did the people settle?
Shinar
Activity Book Q3: What did the people build?
A Tower
Activity Book Q4: Circle the two sins that the Bible tells us these people committed?
They were proud
They did not fill the earth
Activity Book Q5: What commands did God give to both Adam and Noah?
Be fruitful
Multiply
Activity Book Q6: What did God do to scatter the people throughout all the earth?
He made them speak different languages