Day 4 - Babel, Shem, and the father of Abram
Read Genesis 11:1-26, 1 Chronicles 1:24-27, Genesis 11:27-14:24
Background | With the life of Abram and Sarai, the Chronological Bible gives two dates - a traditional chronology and one that is more recently rendered by scholarship. All dates are approximate (good guesses).
Dates of Reading | prior to and including | 2166 BC | 2000 BC
Reading | Tower of Babel answers the question of why there are so many languages and people scattered around the planet - the writer points to the arrogance of humanity to make a name for themselves; linage for Shem to Abram (long lifed people); Abram married Sarai and Sarai was barren (at this time); God calls Abram to go to a new land; Abram and Sarai escape a famine and got to Eygpt and a bizarre story of Abram protecting himself and retribution for sin; Abram and Lot separate; Abram the Hebrew get a report of an upcoming attack on Lot and he saves Lot; Abram tithes and is blessed by the priest/king Melchizedek.
Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 | Click here for a place to purchase | pp. 13- 17
Next | 1/5/2015 | Day 5 | Genesis 15:1 – 17:27
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Collect for the Day
O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, your Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Source | Lectionarypage.net | Click here
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