Genesis 11:1–9 Etymology The phrase 'Tower of Babel' does not appear in the it is always 'the city and the tower' ( אֶת-הָעִיר וְאֶת-הַמִּגְדָּל) or just 'the city' ( הָעִיר).Ĭomposition Genre The narrative of the tower of Babel (Genesis 11.1–9) is an or explanation of a phenomenon. 1370s) depiction of the construction of the tower1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they dwelt there.3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. A story with some similar elements is told in. There they agree to build a and a tall enough to reach., observing their city and tower, confounds their speech so that they can no longer understand each other, and scatters them around the world.Some modern scholars have associated the Tower of Babel with known structures, notably the, a dedicated to the god in. By (1563)The Tower of Babel (: מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל, Migdal Bavel) narrative in 11:1–9 is an meant to explain why the world's peoples speak different languages.According to the story, a united in the generations following the, speaking a single language and migrating westward, comes to the land of ( שִׁנְעָר).
