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| | According to Genesis chapter 11, all men spoke the same language immediately following the flood of Noah. Those who settled in the land of Shinar built a city and a great tower out of baked bricks in order to make a name for themselves. [http://creationwiki.org/Tower_of_Babel] | | According to Genesis chapter 11, all men spoke the same language immediately following the flood of Noah. Those who settled in the land of Shinar built a city and a great tower out of baked bricks in order to make a name for themselves. [http://creationwiki.org/Tower_of_Babel] |
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| − | '''[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2011:1-9%20;&version=9; Genesis 11: 1-9 - The Tower of Babel - King James Version:] | + | \'\'\'[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2011:1-9%20;&version=9; Genesis 11: 1-9 - The Tower of Babel - King James Version:] |
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| | 1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. | | 1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. |
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| | 6And 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. | | 6And 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. |
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| − | 7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. | + | 7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another\'s speech. |
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| | 8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. | | 8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. |
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| | </blockquote> | | </blockquote> |
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| − | '''Babel''' | + | \'\'\'Babel\'\'\' |
| − | Babel is the sound your tongue makes when it doesn't know what it is trying to say. Many people say speaking in tongues is a form of "babel"-ing, but really you are speaking through the spirit of the Lord. | + | Babel is the sound your tongue makes when it doesn\'t know what it is trying to say. Many people say speaking in tongues is a form of \"babel\"-ing, but really you are speaking through the spirit of the Lord. |
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| | + | In reality the tower of Babel was finished without any problems and endured the following centuries. |
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| | == External Links == | | == External Links == |