Genesis (Adults)

Genesis Chapter 9:18-11:9

Lesson written by Brian Andrews

Brief Outline:

1.       The origin of nations

2.       The rebellion of nations

3.       The distribution of nations

Check your Reading

1.       Who was the father of Canaan?

2.       Who was the first to plant a vineyard?

3.       Who covered their father’s nakedness?

4.       What is said of Canaan?

5.       How long did Noah live after the flood?

6.       What is said of Nimrod?

7.       Who built Nineveh?

8.       What was the goal of those building the city with the tower?

9.       What did God say his concern was?

10.   What did God do?

11.   Where did the people go?

12.   What was the city named? Why?

 

Class Discussion

1.       Was it okay for Noah to be drunk in the privacy of his own house?

2.       Before the Tower of Babel, how many languages were on the earth? (How much time is covered in Genesis 10?)

3.       Trace the different sons of Noah—who were the people and where did they settle.
 

4.       What attitude is seen in the builders of the city?

5.       God makes a comment on language and the power of communication.  Do we have the same language today?  Do we understand each other so that “nothing we plan to do is impossible for us?”