Tower of Babel / Myth. Short summary

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The myth of the Tower of Babel tells the story of how God made people speak different languages so that they could not build the tower to the sky and reach it.

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Once upon a time after the Flood, people were still one people, and they too had only one language. They found a place where it was convenient to settle and began to settle there, they began to make and fire clay bricks and use them and earth resin to build buildings. In order to become famous throughout the ages and to settle there forever, they decided to build a city and in it a tower of great height.

God watched as the people worked amicably and cooperatively to build the tower, as they kneaded the clay, fired the bricks, lifted them to a great height, and lubricated the walls with bitumen. Fearful of their strength and organization, he decided to make the people stop speaking the same language, no longer able to understand each other, and to complete the construction. After that, the people dispersed all over the earth and became different nations, and the city from which the people dispersed into the world became known as Babylon.