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Tower of Babel Babel Babel tower Babylon Tower Confounding of languages

(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another WordNet 3.0

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The Tower of Babel narrative in Genesis 11:1–9 is an origin myth and parable meant to explain why the world's peoples speak different languages. Wikipedia

Biblical pericope about hubris and the origin of languages Wikidata

The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible. Wiktionary

A tower erected at Babel by the descendants of Noah's son Ham to reach the sky, and whose completion God thwarted by making the workers speak different languages so that they were unable to understand one another. Wiktionary

Tower erected at Babel. Wiktionary (translation)

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