Babel, Egypt, and Jerusalem

Theological Reflections on Nimrod's Empire (9)

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The root of the word “beginning” in Genesis 1:1 is identical to the root of the word for the “headwaters” of the four primordial rivers flowing from the garden of Eden described in Genesis 2:10. Genesis 10:10 then describes the beginning of Nimrod’s kingdom as “Babylon, Uruk, Akkad, and Calneh.” O…