The Tower of Babel and my ambitious writing

The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” - Genesis 11:6 and 11:7

Genesis 11 is an important passage for it gives us a characterization of God. It shows us a God who is jealous. Despite God’s omnipotence, God feels affronted by the Tower. He accordingly scatters man across the Earth and confuses man’s tongue.

I believe, that lest the Bible become a chore, and these writings take more importance than the actual readings, that I will have to lessen the intensity of this exegesis. Rather than detail my thoughts over every single page, I’m going to have to read a bit further and reflect on the larger picture.

I initially read half of Genesis in one night, but then each time I sat down to detail my thoughts on the first half of Genesis, I got bogged down on a single concept and devoted an entire post to merely a page or two.

Well, now that Genesis has become centered on longer stories, there’s more detail and there’s less to comment on explicitly. If I try to write too much over merely a page or two of content, I will get bogged down, and I’m certain that I’ll never finish the book.

As such, I’m going to try to read further, maybe get closer to the end of Genesis before I make another post. Hopefully this will keep my posts interesting and insightful, since my fear that these posts may devolve into mere summaries of the text is very real.

Like the Tower of Babel, I set before myself a task that was too great. If I were to continue upon this path, it would only lead to more problems and confusion. By grounding myself in reality, I can better navigate my way through this text. I must remember, exegesis of the text is the important thing, not the narration of the text that is supplied in these writings of mine.