The first reference to building in the Bible is to Enoch son of Cain building Irad. For a city to be built, however humble, the art of building must be already advanced. After that the next reference is to Noah building an ark, a great mobile home. The fact that Jabal built tents would seem to imply that others built houses. Van Selms notes, “Throughout the whole of biblical times the common man built his own house, perhaps with the help of his family and neighbors.”43 Cities are an extension of