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Genesis 11:10-32\u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Genesis 11:10-32.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Genesis 11:10-26 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
\n15\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.
\n17\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu.
\n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
\n20\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.
\n21\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
\n22\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor.
\n23\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
\n24\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.
\n25\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
\n26\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 10-26:\u00a0\u00a0In what the author of Genesis calls the account (i.e. the story or genealogy) of Shem (v10), we find a family tree linking Noah\u2019s oldest son Shem to Terah, the father of Abram (later to be known as Abraham).\u00a0\u00a0Verses 10 to 26 help us to see the connection between two very important figures in the Old Testament: Noah and Abraham.<\/p>\n

In this list of ancestors, a pattern recurs where it says \u201cWhen this person had lived X years, he became the father of Y, and after he became the father of Y, he lived Z years and had other sons and daughters.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Notice that the author of Genesis starts counting years of a person\u2019s life based on when they became a father to their first born.\u00a0\u00a0What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0For me it\u2019s a subtle reminder that\u00a0God made us to bear fruit<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m not just talking about reproducing children of your own; rather I\u2019m talking about what kind of fruit you are reproducing with your life.<\/p>\n

Remember the commission God gave Adam and later Noah: “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.\u201d (see Genesis 9:1)\u00a0\u00a0In other words,\u00a0God is interested in who you are reproducing and what you are filling the earth with.\u00a0\u00a0What kind of people are you reproducing and what kind of fruit are you bearing with your life?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0God made us to bear fruit.\u00a0\u00a0I pray that, whether it\u2019s in our homes, churches, ministries, workplaces or communities, you and I would reproduce leaders who worship Jesus, are growing more like Jesus, are serving Jesus, are leading others to Jesus and are loving their church family.<\/p>\n

Notice also that lifespans of individuals mentioned in Genesis appear to be getting shorter.<\/p>\n

Genesis 11:27-32 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n27\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
\n28\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.
\n29\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
\n30\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Now Sarai was barren; she had no children.
\n31\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
\n32\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 27-32:\u00a0\u00a0These verses are called \u201cthe account of Terah\u201d, that is, the story of Abram\u2019s dad Terah.\u00a0\u00a0Because it is Abram\u2019s dad\u2019s story, in many ways the painful and difficult events described in these verses form the backdrop to Abram\u2019s own story.\u00a0\u00a0First, notice that Terah lost a son and Abram lost a brother called Haran.\u00a0\u00a0Second, Abram\u2019s wife Sarai was barren and could not have children.\u00a0\u00a0Third, at his father Terah\u2019s insistence, Abram and his family decided to move from the place where their brother Haran had died but instead of going as planned to Canaan, they move instead to a city, also called Haran (v31).\u00a0\u00a0As anyone who has ever moved to a new city has experienced, Abram and his family most likely encountered many challenges trying to adjust to life in a new place.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0These painful and difficult events in the lives of Terah and his son Abram would form the backdrop to the incredible story and amazing miracles God would make possible in Abram\u2019s life.\u00a0\u00a0Likewise, if all you can see right now in your life are great challenges, uncertainties and the pain of losing someone you love, know that God is writing a greater story through those challenges, uncertainties and pain than you could imagine.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The pain of our past is the backdrop to a greater, more glorious story God is writing with our lives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, thank You that while the pain, worry and frustration we feel in life is real, help us to remember that You are writing a greater story through our pain than anything we could write ourselves.\u00a0\u00a0Since You call us to be fruitful, to multiply and to fill the earth, I pray that what I produce in and through my life would be pleasing to You and that You would use to fill the earth with good things.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Genesis 11:10-32.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Genesis 11:10-26 (NIV)
\n10\u00a0\u00a0This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
\n11\u00a0\u00a0And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
\n12\u00a0\u00a0When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
\n13\u00a0\u00a0And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
\n14\u00a0\u00a0When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
\n15\u00a0\u00a0And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
\n16\u00a0\u00a0When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg……<\/p>\n

On verses 10-26:\u00a0\u00a0In what the author of Genesis calls the account (i.e. the story or genealogy) of Shem (v10), we find a family tree linking Noah\u2019s oldest son Shem to Terah, the father of Abram (later to be known as Abraham).\u00a0\u00a0Verses 10 to 26 help us to see the connection between two very important figures in the Old Testament: Noah and Abraham.<\/p>\n

In this list of ancestors, a pattern recurs where it says \u201cWhen this person had lived X years, he became the father of Y, and after he became the father of Y, he lived Z years and had other sons and daughters.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Notice that the author of Genesis starts counting years of a person\u2019s life based on when they became a father to their first born.\u00a0\u00a0What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0For me it\u2019s a subtle reminder that\u00a0God made us to bear fruit.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m not just talking about reproducing children of your own; rather I\u2019m talking about what kind of fruit you are reproducing with your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15593,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15592\/revisions\/15593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}