Big Ideas · 20 · Jonah
From civilization to peoplehood
Genesis rejects empire-building, the first warrior founds eastern kingdoms; Babel's builders are scattered, in favor of an experiment: creating a people.
Spiritual and political, not material.
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After Babel, the story pivots to the promise to Abraham and Sarah.
Bible reference: Genesis 10:8–12; 11–12
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 330–331
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