Tower of Babel
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Transcript of Tower of Babel
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Everyone speaks one language, and the people settle in the land of Shinar.
The Land of Shinar 11:1, 2
The Tower of Babel BACK Title Page
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BABEL?
Bible Lands
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Modern Day in Red
SAUDI ARABIA
BABEL?
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The Little Tower of Babel, Pieter the Elder Bruegel (c. 1563)
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Ziggurat(in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a
temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC
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• Open up Biblegateway.com and find Genesis 11• Read verses 3-9 and answer these questions in your notes under
the heading “Tower of Babel”
1. Why did the people want to build a tower to heaven?2. Why do you think God disapproves?3. How does he respond?
Wrong!• Make a name for themselves not bring honor to God’s name.• NOT scatter when they were told to scatter and fill the earth.• Seek a way to heaven on their own terms.
PunishmentChanges languages and confusion stops their plan.
Tower of Babel