After the flood God gave Noah and his family the same command He had given to Adam and Eve: be fruitful and multiply so as to replenish the earth (Genesis 9:1). Since the beginning God wanted the earth filled with people with whom He could have a relationship. This is why He gave the same command to the first man and woman, and also to Noah and his family after they survived the flood.

One Language, One Home

In Genesis 10 we are told about the descendants of Noah. The Bible says that they all had one language (Genesis 11:1). The people sought to have a permanent home. They traveled eastward to Shinar (in modern day Iraq) to establish a civilization where all humanity could live together. But God did not want them to stay together in one place. He wanted them to spread out and inhabit the whole world.

These were not cavemen like many evolutionists would like us to think. God created man with an incredible mind. These people had the ability to make bricks and mortar and build a city. They knew they could build a stronger and more knowledgeable community if they gathered together and shared their learning.

They had begun to ignore God’s...