Davar Kingdom Of God - The Blessings Of Sonship

Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there (Gen 11:1-2). This is how the story of the Tower of Babel begins. The significance of this story becomes highlighted when it is compared with the story of Abram in chapter 12. While people moved eastward from Mt. Ararat to the region of Shinar (northwest of the Persian Gulf) to settle there, Abram moved westward from Ur in Shinar to the land of Canaan (11:31), and it was by the Lord's command that he did so. The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you (12:1)." On the other hand, in the case of the Tower of Babel, it was by their own choice that they tried to build a town and a tower that would reach to the heaven, which is well expressed in the following words: They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks (for ourselves) and bake them thoroughly." … Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a