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This volume, The Pentateuch, takes readers from Eden to Canaan, from the creation of the universe to the creation of a nation. Drawing heavily from Genesis, the book surveys the life and faith of the patriarchs. Chapters from Exodus to Deuteronomy detail the Israelites’ escape from Egyptian bondage and wandering through the wilderness, before crossing the Jordan and inhabiting the Promised Land.

The primary problem with the people’s proposal is found in the final words of the verse, where the people declare their unwillingness to be scattered over the face of the whole earth. This was in clear defiance of God’s original intention for humanity: to “fill the earth and subdue it” (Genesis 1:28). The tower was designed to be an impressive landmark, reaching to the heavens, a phrase that may simply indicate excessive height. (There are no biblical grounds for the supposition of the Jewish historian
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