Creation to Babel: A Commentary for Families

by Ken Ham

Overview

It seems we wake each day to a world engulfed in chaos and confusion… a society mired in godlessness and humanism… and families struggling to guide their children in faith. Yet, God gave us the answer… His Holy Word. Begin as He recorded for us to begin, with Genesis. After many years of teaching and speaking on the importance of foundational faith, leading apologetics author Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis has created a clear and powerful study that helps root families and young or struggling believers in biblical truth. He makes it easy to build a vital Genesis-founded worldview in this simple yet profound study that explores the importance and implications of pivotal events, verse by verse, from Creation to Babel. Discover important context to answer relevant faith questions, Easy-to-understand exploration of the biblical text, The essential guide to laying a faith-foundational view, Faith without a strong foundation crumbles in the face of today's relentless cultural rejections. Christians, young and old, will find the strong foundation they need in the biblical bedrock of Genesis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683442905
Publisher:	Master Books
Publication date:	11/23/2021
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	377,342
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 Day One 9

The beginning of time recorded in Genesis gives us the foundation for our Christian worldview. We discover God's attributes and actions right from day one, along with truths about the age of the universe.

Chapter 2 Day Two 41

God prepares the earth for life, carefully crafting the perfect conditions for the plants, animals, and humans to come.

Chapter 3 Day Three 51

Here we see the earth taking shape…land appears, and plants sprout up, each according to their kind.

Chapter 4 Day Four 65

God creates the sun, moon, and stars to give light on the earth and to provide signs, seasons, and timekeeping.

Chapter 5 Day Five 73

God creates all the flying and sea creatures on this day, blessing them and commanding them to fill the earth.

Chapter 6 Day Six 81

God creates all the land-dwelling, air-breathing animals on this day, blessing them and commanding them to Ell the earth.

Chapter 7 Day Six 87

Here we reach the pinnacle of God's creation - man. God specially and uniquely creates man in His image and gives him dominion over all creation.

Chapter 8 Genesis 2 99

The second book of Genesis provides more detail of the creation of man - how woman enters the picture, Gods ordination of marriage, and more.

Chapter 9 Genesis 3 113

Here we learn about the origin of sin - and thus the start of the Curse and the spiritual war between good and evil.

Chapter 10 Genesis 4 141

Cain, Abel, and Seth are three specific children of Adam and Eve that the Bible records. Cain's wickedness gives us a warning, Abel's righteousness gives us an example, and the line of Seth points us to the seed of the woman.

Chapter 11 Genesis 5 155

The genealogies in Genesis 5 are important, as they give us a timeline of Adam's descendants to Noah without gaps, along with continuing to point toward the seed of the woman to come.

Chapter 12 Genesis 6 167

God plans to send a global Flood to judge mankind's wickedness. How-ever, we see hope in God's covenant to Noah, as well as ties to salvation in the coming Messiah.

Chapter 13 Genesis 7 187

The Flood comes after Noah and his family board the Ark. We see here how we must enter through Jesus, the door of salvation, to be saved from judgment, just as Noah and his family entered through the door of the Ark to be saved from the Flood.

Chapter 14 Genesis 8 197

The Flood lasts for about a year. It changes the earth dramatically, but God promises that things will continue until the final judgment of fire.

Chapter 15 Genesis 9 211

God establishes laws for the post-Flood world, as well as a covenant with Noah. We also get a peek at the future of Shem, Ham, and Japheth's descendants.

Chapter 16 Genesis 10 225

This chapter gives us an overview of the descendants of Noah's sons and their dispersion over the earth.

Chapter 17 Genesis 11 231

The Tower of Babel event explains the diversity of languages and people groups in our world today. Shem's descendants particularly are traced down to Abram… still pointing to the coming Messiah.

Chapter 18 A Tribute 241

The legacy of godly parents

Appendix 1 What About Extra-Biblical Tables of Nations and Genealogies That Go Back to Noah? 245

Appendix 2 Josephus - a Wonderful Steppingstone 257

Appendix 3 Was Nimrod in Charge of Forcing a Rebellion Prior to the Events in Genesis 11:1-9? 265

Appendix 4 What Is the State of the Canopy Model? 275