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long time.

So between chapter 11 and chapter 12 is a long period of time.

And Moses is doing something, just kind of pushing the story along.

But the point that is very important for you to understand is that from chapters 1 through 11, there's no mention in anywhere else in the text and in Genesis, there's no mention of worshiping of gods.

This is why this is important.

Because Deuteronomy... goes back to Babel and says, let me explain to you what happened, all right? And this is important as it relates to the progression of the gospel and then going to the nations in the New Testament.

Right.

It's a deliberate rewriting of that story so that we can see the connection going back to it.

Yeah.

Um, Now, I don't want to jump ahead on his videos.

I think in general, you gave me an idea.

But just from a textual standpoint, if you're just reading this, just from just like a plain reading of the text, and then that does not dominate.

So I want to be careful to say plain readings of the text do not dominate the interpretation, but they do set the tone and the structure of where else can I go to help interpret what I'm reading here? He makes a contrast between sons of God and daughters of man.

He doesn't say wicked daughters, he doesn't say evil, and he doesn't say a tribe, or he doesn't say those who are outside of Israel, because there is no Israel in this passage.

on that.