By “confuses their language” we mean, creates multiple languages. God, seeing this, confuses their language so they can’t communicate with one another and finish the tower. Essentially, they wanted to become like God. In essence, a group of people gathered together (in a disputed location, some say Babylon, others have other conjectures), to create a tower that would reach the heavens. Situated in Genesis 11:1-9, we encounter an odd story that seems to explain why so many languages have formed on earth.
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