When and how did the different worldwide languages come forth from the Tower of Babel?

Question

When it states in Genesis 11:5-9, how did God/Allah/Dios change and initiate the different languages spoken today worldwide, from the Tower of Babel? I have read Genesis over and over again and have tried to look up this subject in my Bible handbook, and I am still confused.
Can someone shed some light on this topic? Thanks for your answers.

Answer 1

The Tower of Babel is described in Genesis 11:1-9. After the Flood, God commanded humanity to "increase in number and fill the earth" (Genesis 9:1). Humanity decided to do the exact opposite, “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’” (Genesis 11:4). Humanity decided to build a great city and all congregate there. They decided to build a gigantic tower as a symbol of their power, to make a name for themselves (Genesis 11:4). This tower is remembered as the Tower of Babel.



In response, God confused the languages of humanity so that they could no longer communicate with each other (Genesis 11:7). The result was that people congregated with other people who spoke the same language, and then went together and settled in other parts of the world (Genesis 11:8-9). God confused the languages at the Tower of Babel to enforce His command for humanity to spread throughout the entire world.



Some Bible teachers also believe that God created the different races of humanity at the Tower of Babel. This is possible, but it is not taught in the biblical text. It seems more likely that the different races existed prior to the Tower of Babel and that God confused the languages at least partially based on the different races. From the Tower of Babel, humanity divided based on language (and possibly race) and settled in various parts of the world.



Genesis chapter 10:5, 20 and 31 describe Noah’s descendants spreading out over the earth “by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.” How is this possible since God did not confuse the languages until the Tower of Babel in Genesis chapter 11? Genesis 10 lists the descendants of Noah’s three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. It lists their descendants for several generations. With the long life spans of that time (see Genesis 11:10-25), the genealogies in Genesis 10 likely cover several hundreds of years. The Tower of Babel account, told in Genesis 11:1-9, is a “flashback” to the point in Genesis 10 when the languages were confused. Genesis 10 tells us of different languages. Genesis 11 tells us how the different languages originated.

Answer 2

It was once relatively considering that folks who constructed the tower desired a celebrated title for themselves, they usually had been in worry of being scattered over all of the floor of the earth; Genesis eleven:four. However, Jehovah God's intent is that the complete earth be full of folks; Genesis a million:28 In order to get a divorce the works of the historical Babylonians, Jehovah God precipitated confusion to the developers of the tower in order that they could not entire their paintings; Genesis eleven:five-nine. Then, Jehovah God made a covenant with Abraham, as a way to make a fine country out of God's fans; Genesis 15:five-eleven. Today, Christians are to evangelise the Good information of God's Kingdom; Luke four:forty three, Acts a million:eight, Romans 10:10.

Answer 3

Here it is:



Gen 11:5-9 KJV And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. (6) And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. (7) Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. (8) So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. (9) Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.



This is where all the languages were created and where man where sent to all parts of the earth like people in Hawaii and the artic circle and stuff like that there

Answer 4

The tower of babel story is just the bibles way of explaining why there are different languages and in my opinion, is not to be taken literally. You won't find any further explanation in the bible because there is none.

Answer 5

You do realize it's just a story, right?



If if doesn't say in the Bible, it doesn't say. You may as well ask what kind of cereal Spiderman likes.

Answer 6

It just did ok.. Stop asking the hard questions...Amen ,lalalalala I dont hear you