( 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.

Any serious biblical study of race or ethnicity should start in Genesis 1. I've always taken this story as an act of defiance and hubris God reacted by dispersing the people and confusing their speech. It was the event of the Tower of Babel that resulted in different people.

All of humanity, unified by a single language, decided to build 'a tower that reaches the sky' (Genesis 11:4), known today as the Tower of Babel. 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. The world's first 'skyscraper' was built after the great Flood. Therefore it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth and from there the Lord. 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. 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. 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.

11 Now the whole world had one language ( A) and a common speech.

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