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Ba·bel (ba'b'l) n. babel = confusion | v. balbal = to confuse From the Hebrew B(et)-B(et)-L(ahmed) Location: Babel is located in Babylon, the ancient capital of Mesopotamia, one of the world's earliest civilizations, between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. The remains of the city of Babylon can be found in present-day about 55 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Etimology: Babylon is the Greek variant of the Akkadian term Babilu, which in Sumerian language means "Gateway of the gods". Yet, in the Bible this name appears as Babel, interpreted as confusion (of languages) in the Book of Genesis. The Story: Only 101 years after the entirety of mankind was reduced to eight people during The Flood, descendants of the survivors decided to build a tower high enough to reach into heaven. Unfortunately, God took it upon Himself to thwart their ingenious plot by making them all speak different languages, thereby making it impossible to complete the construction due to a complete communication breakdown.
At that time everyone on earth spoke one language. And they said to one another, Come, let us build a city and a tower whose top will reach the sky; and let us provide for ourselves there, so that we will not be scattered over all the earth. And the Lord saw the city and the tower that the humans were building. And he said, If this is how they have begun to act, while they are one people and they all have one language, nothing they wish for will be beyond their reach. Come, let us go down and make a babble of their language, so that no one will understand what anyone else is saying. So they stopped building the city, and the Lord scattered them over all the earth. GENESIS, Stephen Mitchell  |
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