Genesis 11

First the tower of Babel.  This seems to me like a really old myth, where You aren’t described as You would be later.  Like, the first time I read “nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them,” I thought You sounded almost threatened, and I think that’s much more something a god like Zeus would think.  The second time I thought it sounded like You wanted to keep man from accomplishing too much which, again, is something Zeus would think of.  I’ve always felt like those gods never really want humans to succeed--like when they punish the man who stole fire for humanity..  I’ve always thought You wanted us to succeed, but maybe not.  Then again, maybe You also have a different perception of success--for example, someone who follows You is successful no matter what they have or haven’t done with, say, their career?  Or maybe You didn’t want them to get arrogant?  And You “go down” to confuse whoever’s building the tower, makes it sound like You have a physical body.  Reminded me of Genesis 1, I think You were described with a body there, too.  Then more genealogies, leading up to Abram this time.  I think Sarai is the first woman to be mentioned by name since Eve, although Noah’s wife was mentioned, as were Noah’s sons’ wives.