Genesis 10:25 - Homilies By W. Roberts

Peleg, or the division of the people.

I. WHEN IT TOOK PLACE . In the fourth generation after the Flood.

II. How IT WAS EFFECTED .

1. By the Divine interposition.

2. By the confusion of tongues.

III. FOR WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED .

1. To punish sin.

2. To separate the Church.

3. To occupy the earth.

IV. BY WHAT IT WAS REMEMBERED . The naming of Eber's son.

Learn—

1. To read well the signs of the times.

2. To understand well the cause of God's judgments.

3. To remember well the gift of God's mercies.— W .