For more than a millennium it was a fairly small and unremarkable town. The site tower of Babel has not been identified but there is the possibility that its remains might still. ( R) From there the Lord scattered ( S) them over the face of the whole earth. It was located on the Euphrates river in the Middle East, around forty miles south of the great city of Akkad. Is there any evidence of it that still remains. Chapter 10 of Genesis lists a total of 70 individual founders of nations or racial groups, and divides them into three primary classifications: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 9 That is why it was called Babel ( P)-because there the Lord confused the language ( Q) of the whole world. The Tower at Babel According to the Bible, the families of the sons of Noah represent all of the racial groups upon the earth. 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. 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. However, it is believed to have been originally about 91 meters tall. Today, only some of the remains of Etemenanki are visible as much of the site is overgrown. 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. The site was rediscovered in the 19th century by the local population and excavated in 1913 by Robert Koldewey. 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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