The Tower
   of Babel

Tower:... a structure taller than its diameter.

According to Genesis 11, all humans spoke the same language immediately following the flood of Noah. Those that migrated to the west and settled in the land of Shinar decided to build a city, and a great tower out of baked bricks to make a name for themselves. Since there is no evidence of buildings from antediluvial civilizations, we can probably conclude the Tower of Babel was the first major monument that had ever been built.

The story of the Tower of Babel is important to creation science because it provides a key piece of information that helps explain why humans exist as multiple distinct races today. The Bible explains that God intentionally scattered mankind to retard their technological advancement by confusing their speech. The origin of the various root languages is presumably linked to this event. God apparently created several unique languages to scatter humans throughout the world. This action effectively speciated humans into several groups allowing physical differences to develop. All humans can trace their ancestry back to Noah and his family only 4500 years ago, and then even further back to Adam and Eve. We are all close relatives, and the differences that distinguish us should be considered superficial at best.

Genesis 11 - The Tower of Babel

Genesis 11:1 Now the whole earth had one language and few words. 2 And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built. 6 And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Ba'bel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

Articles and Resources from Creationists or Christians

• Archaeology, The Bible and The Post-Flood Origins of Chinese History by Roy L. Hales
• ICR Adventures - The Tower of Babel
• Inscription of King Nebuchadnezzar on the Tower of Babel Ruins
• Is there archaeological evidence of the Tower of Babel? by Christian Answers.Net
• Nimrod and the Tower of Babel by Providence Baptist Ministries
• The Tower of Babel - MSSS Bible Lesson material for children
• The Tower of Babel PDF children lesson
• The Tower of Babel by Tribulation.com
• The Tower of Babel and Babylon, Gilgamesh, Ningizzida, Gudea
• The Tower of Babel – Legend or History - by Christian Courier
• Tower Of Babel Daily Bible Study
• Tower of Babel by Childrens Sermons
• The Tower of Babel and the Confusion of Languages by Lamber Dolphin
• Tower of Babel Gallery Hope College Department of Religion
• Tower of Babel CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA

Secular Resources

• Babylon - by fUSION Anomaly
• Babylonian - Tower of Babel by by Ellie Crystal
• Rediscovering the Tower of Babel BBC News Middle East 10/2/1998
• Pictures and Posters of the Tower of Babel
• The Flood and the Tower of Babel Folklore and Mythology Online textbook by the University of Oklahoma
• The Tower of Babel by world literature online - a college survey course
• The Tower of Babel by Robert T. Pennock Book Review by Michael Roberts
• The Tower of Babel of Ancient Mesopotamia large collection of graphics of the Tower of Babel
• The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9) Numerous language translations by Omniglot (a guide to writing systems)
• Tower of Babel - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
• Tower of Babel article by David Rohl
• Tower of Babel Oil-paint by Bruegel on panel, 59.9 x 74.6 cm
• Tower of Babel by The Unnatural Museum
• Tower of Babel Artist Rendition by Encyclopedia of the Orient

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