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NASB | Genesis 11:7 "Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 11:7 "Come, let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) go down and there confuse and mix up their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech." |
Bible Question: Gen 11:7 tells us that God confused the languages to force people to scatter around the earth as He had commanded. So was it at this same time that God changed the one race into the races that exist today with their distinct physical characteristics? Or is it possible that the population was composed of folks with all those racial physical characteristics and that God gave all Oriental looking folks certain languages, Negro looking folks certain languages, Caucasian looking folks certain languages, etc? |
Bible Answer: Greetings Danig, Acts 17:26-27 "and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;" Revelation 5:9 and 7:9 say that God's redeemed will be from "every tribe and tongue and people and nation" (NASB). All human beings are equal in terms of their creation (Genesis 1:28), the sin problem (Romans 3:23), God's love (John 3:16), and God's provision of salvation (Matthew 28:19). All post-flood people came from Noah's family (Genesis 9:18-19). When God confused the language of all people in Genesis 11:7, the Bible is silent in regards to whether other physiologic changes (rather than just the language) took place in order to hasten the establishment of distinct groups or nations. But we do know that God divided the nations (Genesis 10:32) and set boundaries (Deut. 32:8) for each nation. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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