The narrative now takes leave of the rest of the Shemites, as well as the other branches of the human family, and confines itself to Abram. It is no part of the design of Scripture to trace the development of worldliness.
Category: Part 2 The Flood to the Deliverance From Egypt
In the Bible What Did the People of Babel Do? How Did God Stop Them? Genesis 11:1-9
At Babel, for the first time, humanity introduces corporate idolatry in an attempt to build their own kingdom rather than God’s kingdom. – Kenneth Gangel
Were the Habiru the Biblical Hebrews?
The “Habiru” come on the scene in Mesopotamia as agricultural workers, slaves, rebels, mercenary soldiers, marauders, slaves, and so on, which lead them to a marginal and sometimes lawless life on the fringes of society. The Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land tells us that, “Once settled, the Habiru served mainly as mercenaries or laborers in their new countries, but they were never considered to be citizens and their status differed from that of the local inhabitants, from whom they usually lived apart in quarters specially assigned to them.”
