The Tower of Babel is a mythical storyline described in the book of Genesis in the Christian Old Testament of The Holy Bible.
What we have achieved in this so-called great society is an increasing communication breakdown in America.
According to Genesis 11:1-9, all people used to speak the same language. Their unity of language allowed them to collaborate efficiently. They decided to build a tall grand tower that would reach into the heavens. Doing so would bring them glory, or so they believed. God watched his people start their construction efforts and realized they were immensely powerful because of their communication ability.
He realized that people could do virtually anything, potentially giving them too much power over a world that was meant to be ruled by God. Before the tower was completed, God made everyone speak different languages. No longer able to understand each other, the builders were unable to complete the tower. They spread out across the world, which is how linguistic and cultural diversity began.
The name of the Tower of Babel in Genesis may give a key etymological clue as to the story's origins and significance. Although there is no historical evidence to suggest that the Tower of Babel was built, its story may have been inspired by a Babylonian tower called Bab-ilu, meaning the ''gate of God.'' In Hebrew, Bab-ilu was either called Babel or Bavel. The Hebrew verb ''to confuse'' is balal, which also sounds similar to Babel. The story's original telling in Genesis was likely based, at least in part, on this wordplay. Interestingly, there is no clear etymological connection between Babel and the English word ''babble,'' meaning that the similarities between the words and their meanings are most likely an etymological coincidence.
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