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1.  How many languages were there on the earth before the tower was built?

one

2.  What was the motive of the people for building the tower?

to make a name for themselves

3.  What did God see as key to the people’s successful cooperation in building the tower?

their common language

4.  What did God do to thwart the efforts of the people?

He confused their language and scattered them over the face of the earth.

5.  In chapter 5, each ancestor of Jesus lived approximately 800 years before the next person in the Messianic line was born. About how many years did each patriarch mentioned in chapter 12 (except Terah) live before the next ancestor of Christ was born?

about 30 years

6.  How long were the life spans of the first four patriarchs in the Messianic line after the flood, beginning with Shem? You may need a calculator for this question and the next one.

Shem (600 years); Arphaxad (438); Salah (433); Eber (464)

7.  What was the life span of each patriarch from Peleg through Terah?

Peleg (239); Reu (239); Serug (230); Nahor (148) ;Terah (205)

8.  Which of Abram’s brothers died before their father, Terah, died?

Haran

9.  Who went with Terah when he left Ur? Who stayed behind?

Abram, Sarai, and Lot; Nahor and Milcah

10.  W here did Terah and his family settle?

Canaan