Genesis 11:10-32
Today's Scripture

Most of the time when I read genealogies in the Bible, I read quickly, perhaps pausing a bit if I recognize a name or if there is any information about the people that I find unusual. But to God, these were people he created, and he deemed them important enough to have their names listed in Scripture.

The list of names is accompanied by the age they were when they died. The lifespan gradually decreases--perhaps indicating that the more removed from Noah's day, the less likely the people were to follow God. Or, perhaps the people of the earlier times needed to live longer to populate the earth--it seems that fathers, at least, could be very old and still have children born to them. Or, maybe the number of years indicates a clan and not an actual person.

What we do know, is that God has numbered our days--just as he has the hairs of our head numbered and knows us all by name. He loves us, he has chosen believers to be his own, and we are his precious possession. Let us rejoice in that and live each day for his glory.
- posted by Suzi @ 7:05 AM