Freedman poses the question: “How could those in captivity in Babylon … miss the point or fail to compare the story in Genesis with theirs?”8 They were back in Babel, the city of Babylon, the same point where Abraham, their revered ancestor, began the journey. It must have seemed like a retrograde journey to those deprived of their freedom and their independence. Freedman calls this account the Primary History. He says: So far as I am aware, it is the first and perhaps the most important and influential