The Confusion of Babel

The Tower of Babel The people of the whole earth spoke the same language and used the same

words. As they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar

and settled there. They said to each other, "Let’s make bricks and bake them in

the fire." When they had bricks instead of stones and tar instead of mortar,

they said, "Let’s build a city and a tower with its top reaching to the sky.

This way, we will make a name for ourselves and not be scattered across the earth."

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people were building.

He said, "They are one people and they all speak the same language. This is why they