“The descendants of Noah … said: ‘Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven; and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.’” https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15005b.htm
God did not like that, so He brought into existence multiple languages. Thus, humans were divided into linguistic groups, unable to understand one another. The Tower of Babel was a punishment.
Was the tower real? Yes. It stood in Babylon in what is modern Iraq. The City of Cities, as it was called by the people of the time, eventually collapsed.
God did not like that, so He brought into existence multiple languages. Thus, humans were divided into linguistic groups, unable to understand one another. The Tower of Babel was a punishment.
Was the tower real? Yes. It stood in Babylon in what is modern Iraq. The City of Cities, as it was called by the people of the time, eventually collapsed.
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