A World Gone Wrong

Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.

God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.

Since he was the greatest hunter in the world, his name became proverbial. People would say, “This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter in the world.”

Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg (which means “division”), for during his lifetime the people of the world were divided into different language groups. His brother’s name was Joktan.

The Tower of Babel

At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words.

Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”

In that way, the Lord scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city.

That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.

And people from all around came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe throughout the world.