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 SECTION ELEVEN
The Descendants of Shem, 11:10 - 11:32.

THE FACTS!

Shem beshat Arphaxad two years after the flood. Shem is 100 years old.

Shem beshat sons and daughters and dies at 600 years old.

At 35, Arphaxad beshat Salah.

Arphaxad beshat sons and daughters and dies at 438 years old.

At 30, Salah beshat Eber.

Salah beshat sons and daughters and dies at 433 years old.

At 34, Eber beshat Peleg.

Eber beshat sons and daughters and dies at 464 years old.

At 30, Peleg beshat Reu.

Peleg beshat sons and daughters and dies at 239 years old.

At 32, Reu beshat Serug.

Reu beshat sons and daughters and dies at 239 years old.

At 30, Serug beshat Nahor.

Serug beshat sons and daughters and dies at 230 years old.

At 29, Nahor beshat Terah.

Nahor beshat sons and daughters and dies at 148 years old.

At 70, Terah beshat Abram, Nahor and Haran.

Haran beshat Lot.

Haran dies before Terah in Ur of the Chaldees.

Abram marries Sarai.

Nahor marries Milcah, the daughter of Haran. Just to clarify, that makes her his niece.

Terah takes Abram, Sarai and Lot out of Ur before they die of the Chaldees too. They head toward the Land of Canaan, arriving in Haran. That is confusing.

Terah dies in Haran at 205 years old.

STUDY QUESTIONS!
Question God and Religion!

Were you glad to get a deeper examination of Shem's Descendants? I wasn't either. I'm sorry I complained earlier about the lack of detail!

On a scale of 1-10, how bored were you reading this Chapter?

What was on television when you were trying to read this Chapter? I was watching an infomercial for an Amazing Glowing Serum! I think Cindy Crawdad uses it.

Are you still surprised when a Character from The Bible marries a close relative?

Why is everyone dying so much earlier than before? Didn't God curse man to die earlier for some reason earlier? Was that too many earliers? Was it because they ate a fruit or something? Maybe it was because they were flesh and violent. Or they offered God vegetables. Or they saw him naked.

Do you think Amanda Bynes is cute?

Nahor must have been a pretty good guy to have a grandson named after him. Have there been any other Characters who have been named after an ancestor? I don't really care if there are; I just needed to make that a question.

Was Nahor Junior a disappointment? Why is he left behind in Ur? Was he afflicted with the Chaldees?

What disease do you think Chaldees was? Did I read that right?

Do you think that's enough questions for this section? If not, write some of your own!

I don't know how many more of these descendant chapters I can take!

Pickle Boy suggested I just skip them! But then I might miss something important. And people will accuse me of not being a very close reader. Or they'll say I'm lazy! But that's why Pickle Boy is just an Assistant and not an Author.

If you married your niece in 2009, you would be thought of as disgusting. But if nobody knew you were related, nobody would care and the world wouldn't blow up or anything. God obviously wouldn't punish you, since Nahor and Milcah get away with it. So why do people care?

If you married your niece in 2009, nobody would think of you as disgusting if you lived in West Virginia (make that Arkansas if you're from West Virginia. That'll make it funny for you too and you won't feel left out or have hurt feelings!). That's because it's practically still 1958 there! And in 1958, it was okay to marry really young girls. Especially if you were related to them and you were a rock and roll star.

A. If you chose to write more Study Questions because you didn't think there were enough, you don't have to do an Essay Assignment! Sweet!
B. Write a biography of your Aunt or Uncle. Now imagine doing it to him or her!
C. Why do you suppose Terah leaves Ur? Was tomorrow another day or something?

DRAWING TIME!

Draw a scene from the television show that was distracting you while you tried to read this Chapter of The Bible. If you don't own a television because you're too cool for school or at Burning Man, imagine what show you would want to watch and draw a picture of that! Unless you're at Burning Man! Then draw a picture of all the naked boobies and send it to me. Or take a picture and send that! You'll get a better grade for that.

WHAT DID CHRISTIAN LITERALISTS LEARN?

Peleg was more important than Joktan.