Tower of Confusion

29 Tower of Confusion Have you ever wondered why there are so many different languages all over the world? Long ago, humans spoke only one language. Everyone understood everyone else. And their creator was happy. Humans obeyed their creator and began to travel all over the earth as they were commanded to do. But one man was rebellious. His name was Nimrod. Nimrod wanted to be a leader. He told the people that they did not have to spread out over the earth. “ Come settle with me here, " he said. " Let us build a city and do as we desire. " The people followed and Nimrod became their leader. He instructed them to settle in his city where he could control and rule over them. One day, he commanded them to build a tall tower. “ Let us make a building that reaches to the heavens, " he said. And the people obeyed. The bricklayers, the carpenters and the builders began to construct a tower that would reach the sky.

The creator watched them and was not pleased. He wanted his people to go to all corners of the earth so that humans would live everywhere. He could not tolerate the disobedience of his people. He wanted to make them stop building. Being wise and all-knowing, the creator made it so that everyone began to speak a different language. The brick- layers could not understand each other, and the carpenters could not understand the bricklayers. There was great confusion in the city. The building of the tower came to a stop immediately. Why? It's simple really: how could they work together when they could not understand each other? Soon, the city became known as Babel, which means “ confusion" . The wisest people turned back to their creator. They followed his instructions and left Babel. They moved across the earth, so that humans were everywhere again. But still, each group now spoke its own language.