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Lectionary Guide

June 5, 2022

Pentecost Genesis 11:1-9

Genesis 11:1-9
Psalm 104:24-35
Acts 2:1-21
John 14:8-17, 25-27

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Season of easter, Year c

Summary of the Text


Ancient Context

What’s the historical context?

The Tower of Babel

The story of the Tower of Babel comes after many chapters relating the story of Noah, the flood, and the covenant with Noah and before many chapters relating the story of Abram/Abraham, Sarai/Sarah, and the covenant with Abram/Abraham.

In God’s covenant with Noah, his descendants, and every living creature with him, God promises to never gain destroy living flesh or the earth by flood. God encourages and blesses the survivors to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth as in Genesis 1.

In time, the descendants of Noah learn to make…

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