Day 3: Genesis 9-12

Summaries:
God's covenant with Noah/mankind, and Noah's son's sin in ch 9. The descendants of each of Noah's sons and their regions is listed in ch 10. Ch 11 is about the Tower of Babel and God scattering the people and confusing their language, followed by lineage from Shem to Abraham. In ch 12, the Lord calls Abram to go to a distant land, so he and his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot travel to Egypt.

Reflections:
In ch 9 v 20-21, Noah plants a vineyard and drinks the wine. I find it amazing that wine is something that man has been capable of creating for so long. Wine does not jsut happen, it is not just found, but it is made by the work of human hands, just like bread. It has always fascinated me that God then would choose bread and wine to become his body and blood, two things that cannot be found unless they are created by man.

It was interesting to see in ch 11 how in the midst of all this lineage, it is Abram's wife Sarai that it says is barren. Surrounded by so many other family members and their large families, you have Abram and Sarai, who is barren. God seems to choose the unlikely to do great things.

Quotes:
Gen 12:11-12 - "(Abram) said to his wife Sarai: 'I know well how beautiful a woman you are. When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'She is his wife'; then they will kill me, but let you live.' " (I know it's completely out of context, but there was something romantic about this.)