![]() ( R) From there the Lord scattered ( S) them over the face of the whole earth. ![]() 9 That is why it was called Babel ( P)-because there the Lord confused the language ( Q) of the whole world. 7 Come, let us ( L) go down ( M) and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” ( N)Ĩ So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, ( O) and they stopped building the city. In biblical literature, the Tower of Babel is a structure built in the city of Babylon, through which its construction explains the existence and origins of the. 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language ( K) they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. BABEL, TOWER OF, the edifice whose building is portrayed in Genesis 11:19 as the direct cause of the diversity of languages in the world and the dispersion of mankind over all the earth.According to the preceding narrative, mankind after the flood was descended from one common ancestor, Noah. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, ( F) so that we may make a name ( G) for ourselves otherwise we will be scattered ( H) over the face of the whole earth.” ( I)ĥ But the Lord came down ( J) to see the city and the tower the people were building. It is sad because it reveals the widespread rebellion in the human heart. It is one of the saddest and most significant stories in the Bible. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar ( B) and settled there.ģ They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks ( C) and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, ( D) and tar ( E) for mortar. The tower of Babel Bible story involves the people of Babel attempting to build a tower that will reach to heaven. The Tower of Babel - The City of Man Authors: Todd E Marshall Ashland University Abstract This thesis is a discussion of Genesis 11: 1-9 and the the Tower of Babel. 11 Now the whole world had one language ( A) and a common speech. Rather than identifying bodies, the myth of Babel-inspired story has players decoding entire languages.
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