January 4, Genesis 11:1-9; 10:1-32; 11:10-32

All of these names and nations and genealogies -- Why are they here and how were they passed down until written language was invented?  Was all of this stuff passed down orally, generation after generation?  Sheesssh.  Well, that certainly explains the lack of detail.  Adam lives 930 years on the Earth and yet we have just a few stories about him and the kids.  And if its just the high points, then Adam sure lived a pretty dull existence for most of that millennium he hung around.  Enoch avoids death and all we have is "Enoch walked with God and was no more."  Seems like a guy like that you'd have one or two stories about the cool stuff he did and said.  Unless he didn't say or do many remarkable things.  Except walk with God.  And is that literal or figurative?  I mean it was early on and we know God liked his walks.  Maybe Enoch just walked with God and one day God looked at Enoch and said, "You think this is cool have I got something really awesome to show you today.  C'mon."  Anyway, Enoch's life seems noteworthy enough to have warranted at lest a second sentence.  Even though the details are few, it's still remarkable that so much was remembered and passed down.  But then, I know kids nowadays who can quote every line in all of the Star Wars movies...and without divine inspiration as near as I can tell.   

I wonder if they had a snappy tune they sang all of these names to?