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Unearth the truth behind some of the most misleading pieces of evidence from THE ARCHAEOLOGIST website and the Smithsonian Channel, claiming to support the biblical story of the Tower of Babel. This article critically examines popular claims and separates fact from fiction.
At Babel, for the first time, humanity introduces corporate idolatry in an attempt to build their own kingdom rather than God's kingdom. - Kenneth Gangel
Genesis 11:5 Updated American Standard Version (UASV)
5 Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men had built.
Does not 2 Chronicles 6:18 (see, 1 Kings 8:27) tells us that “will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!” Therefore, in what sense had Jehovah God come “down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built”?
Genesis 10:25 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg,[1] for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan. It was “in his [Peleg’s] days,” that God confused the languages of the people, because of those involved in the building of... Continue Reading →
PROBLEM: Genesis 10:5, 20, 31 seem to suggest many dialects, which is an apparent conflict with Genesis 11:1 which clearly states, “the whole earth had one language and one speech.” Norman L. Geisler.