Genesis 11:6 “And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.”
We don’t understand all that happened at Babel. The thing we can say for certain is that God was not happy with what was taking place. This verse makes one wonder what exactly had the people “imagined to do?” The scattering of the people abroad indicates a need for separation due to a collective compulsion to do evil.
The most striking aspect of the story is that this happens so soon after the judgment of the whole earth by flood. It doesn’t seem to take more than a generation or two for evil to again take hold of a people.
In this we are reminded again that we must teach our children God’s way. Indeed the first ministry we have is to our own families, in teaching them to embrace Christ and His commandments. Let us go forward in this effort with care, realizing its importance for the future.
Genesis 11:6 “And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.”