Babel

Conversation at a Construction Site in Babel {gn11:7}

Photo © Wikimedia Commons

Photo © Wikimedia Commons

I just wanted to say
من خیلی خوشحال هستم ما ساخت این برج
damit wir uns nie darum Sorgen machen, dass eine weitere Flut . . .
Đợi đã, cái gì thế?
Quel est le problème?
Я не понимаю!
Olen sanot kieli . . . hei!
อะไรคือคุณกล่าว
A, bestraga.

 

I just wanted to say
I'm glad we're building this tower
so we never have to worry about another flood . . .
Wait, what?
What's the matter?
I can't understand you!
I'm speaking your language . . . hellooooo!
What are you saying?!
Aw, hell.

 

God pays attention.

God pays attention.

GENESIS 11

In Genesis 11:4, some people decided to build a big tower. I had always thought (or heard) that this was because they wanted to save themselves from another possible Flood. But actually, the text as it reads says, "Then they said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.'"