11 Now all the earth continued to be of one language and of one set of words. 2 And it came about that in their journeying eastward they eventually discovered a valley plain in the land of Shi′nar, and they took up dwelling there. 3 And they began to say, each one to the other: "Come on! Let us make bricks and bake them with a burning process." So brick served as stone for them, but bitumen served as mortar for them. 4 They now said: "Come on! Let us build ourselves a city and also a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a celebrated name for ourselves, for fear we may be scattered over all the surface of the earth." 5 And Jehovah proceeded to go down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men had built. 6 After that Jehovah said: "Look! They are one people and there is one language for them all, and this is what they start to do. Why, now there is nothing that they may have in mind to do that will be unattainable for them. 7 Come now! Let us go down and there confuse their language that they may not listen to one another's language." 8 Accordingly Jehovah scattered them from there over all the surface of the earth, and they gradually left off building the city. 9 That is why its name was called Ba′bel, because there Jehovah had confused the language of all the earth, and Jehovah had scattered them from there over all the surface of the earth.
The story of the Tower of Babel is found in the Book of Genesis, specifically in Genesis 11:1-9. It describes how human ambition to build a tower to reach the heavens angered God, who then caused confusion by creating different languages among the people.
1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:1-9.
Genesis 11:3, 4
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The Bible does not specify an exact height (or number of stories) for the Tower of Babel.
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Greatest Heroes of the Bible - 1978 The Tower of Babel was released on: USA: 15 May 1979
BAY-BULL see hitchhikers guide to the galaxy like the tower of babel that features in the bible
The height is not mentioned, just that it was intended to 'reach the heavens' but was never completed.
the garden of Eden Solomon's temple the tower of babel
According to the Bible, the flood occurred during the time of Noah, while the story of the Tower of Babel follows several generations later. The time between the flood and the Tower of Babel is not explicitly specified, but it is thought to span many years, possibly centuries.
the narrative of the towrer of babel genesis 11.1-9 is an etiology or explanation of phenomenon. the first person on the tower is king james verison lynus aubee ----read the bible to know this
I do not believe that there is a spiritual meaning to this word Babel. The dictionary interprets the word to mean a babel of voices and makes reference to The Tower of Babel. The word is mentioned twice in Gen.10:10 and Gen 11:9.
One thing is says is that the name:"Babel", meaning "to confuse; to confound,"was given to the Tower of Babel because of God confusing the languages there.
Johannes Petrus Dahlberg has written: 'Dissertatio gradualis de delicto fabricatorum turris Babelicae' -- subject(s): Babel, Tower of, Bible, Criticism, interpretation, Tower of Babel