As Richard Mouw writes in When the Kings Come Marching In, “God intended from the beginning that human beings would ‘fill the earth’ with the processes, patterns, and products of cultural formation.” Kinship groupings would inevitably form as the human race grew in number, along with varying cultural traditions. On the vast earth, with its varied climates and conditions, cultural diversity would flourish naturally, allowing humanity to fulfill God’s intent in a variety of ways. Yet very quickly in