Extraordinary stories: Tower of Babel

Prayer

How many different languages are there in the world? (as of today, 7000)

How many can you name?

Did you know that there once was a time where everyone had the same language? What do you suppose happened?

This weeks extraordinary story is about one language being turned into many!!

Genesis 11:1–9 NLT

At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words. As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there. They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.) Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.” But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them! Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.” In that way, the Lord scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city. That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.

Why did God do this to the people?

(they were trying to get to Heaven, were foolish, and they were prideful.)

God cannot be mocked, topped, or defeated. So God brought these people back down to size, and scattered them all over.

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