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The Tower of Babel: from destruction to dispersion.
From:
Midstream
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January 1, 2003| Author:
Bodoff, Lippman
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It is commonly thought that the Tower of Babel was a rebellion against God. (1) But if that was all there was to it, why wasn't it enough for God simply to destroy the tower? What does God's creating a multiplicity of languages and scattering the people across the face of the earth have to do with it? And why is the Bible so mysterious in explaining the motives of the tower's builders? The text in Gen. 11:4 merely says, cryptically: "Come, let us build us a city, and a tower with i...
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