Thus, Genesis 1–11 prepares us to understand the world we live in. It forces us to consider our temptation, our pride, and our fall. It leaves us to wonder how God will work in this kind of world to bring hope and salvation to His creation and its population. It shows us the issues we must deal with to understand our universe and to cope with life in that universe. The remainder of the Bible will provide solutions to this introduction to the problems of the nature of creation, humanity, sin, pride,
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