Questions tagged [babel]
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Why the people in Babel did not try to learn each other's language?
Regardless of the historicity of the account, the people who wrote it down, edited it, listened to the story, and edited again, must have realized some people would be confused by the characters ...
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Are Genesis Chapters 10 and 11 split incorrectly?
Regarding the Tower of Babel narrative...
I have posted elsewhere about the timeline problem of Babel happening only ~100 years after the flood. Population, technology, etc. issues are all raised with ...
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How can we understand the Tower of Babel timeline?
I'm not finding a coherent explanation of the ENTIRE timing issue of the Tower of Babel. That I'm seeing the issue talked about so little baffles me, as the basic math from a plain reading doesn't ...
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Is Psalm 2 referencing the Tower of Babel?
“Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst ...
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What does נִפְלְגָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ "land divided" mean in Genesis 10:25?
Genesis 10:25 says, "
וּלְעֵ֥בֶר יֻלַּ֖ד שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֑ים שֵׁ֣ם הָֽאֶחָ֞ד פֶּ֗לֶג כִּ֤י
בְיָמָיו֙ נִפְלְגָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ וְשֵׁ֥ם אָחִ֖יו יָקְטָֽן׃ (Westminster Leningrad Codex)
"And to Eber ...
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