these early years of man, but four important events are included—the creation account, the Fall of man, the great Flood of Noah’s day, and the division of mankind at the Tower of Babel. These events are briefly recorded so that we understand where this material universe came from, where sin and evil came from, and why the world of mankind is so fragmented. But the first few thousand years of human history are passed over quickly in order to get to the main emphasis of the Old Testament, which is