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If a male and female from each group mate and produce a child, the
combination of their AABB and aabb genes would give rise to a child who
carries the AaBb genes for melanin and would be “middle brown” in skin
shade. Now, if two people carrying the AaBb genes got married and
reproduced, their children could have a wide range of skin colors. If Adam
and Eve were both middle brown (AaBb), they would have produced
children with a wide range of tones. Suddenly, all of us being
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one race doesn’t seem so complicated.

In Genesis 11, God confused the languages of all those who were living
together in Shinar. Family groups shared a common language but did not understand others. Instantly,
there were barriers set up among people groups. People would not probably marry someone they could
not understand. As they collected together with a common language, eventually the families moved
away into other areas of the world. The dispersion at Babel broke the large interbreeding group of
humanity into smaller groups with less genetic variability. Each group had different mixes of genes for
various physical features. Factors such as food supply, environmental issues, temperature, water
supplies, and the like modified the frequency of certain combinations of genes, causing a tendency for
specific characteristics to dominate. In other words, the offspring in each area shared with one another
the same basic genes their ancestors took with them from Babel.

Every race is a descendant of Adam and Eve! No matter what people’s skin color or characteristics are,
the human family is really one race when we carry our family tree back to the first parents. Each person,
no matter what their race may be, is precious to God. He loves each one. And because we are all
related to Adam, we also carry with our relationship a nature to sin, just as he did. Every person needs
salvation provided by Jesus Christ, God’s son, by paying the penalty for sin on the cross!

Let’s Practice…

1. How long did the flood last until Noah was able to exit the ark?

2. What illustration did the author use from the geology of the US to demonstrate the reality of the
flood?

3. God commanded Noah’s progeny to do what after exiting the ark?

4. Rather than scatter over the entire earth, Noah’s sons and their families stayed together and gather
in a place called what? Here they built a tower to reach into the heavens.

5-9. Shem was the father of what five nations?

10-13. Ham was the father of what four nations?

14-19. Japheth was the father of what six nations?

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