The Strange Tower at Babel
Genesis
11:1-9
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Little
children sometimes play with blocks. And sometimes they stack them high,
like a tower. They try to see how high they can build their block-towers. A
long time ago some men began to build a tower with bricks. They planned to
build it so high that its top would reach into the clouds. They planned to
build a great city around the tower, and live there always. God
was not pleased when he saw what the men were doing. He knew they were
forgetting all about him. He
knew they would soon have many more sorrows if they should finish their
plans. So he caused something strange to happen to the men. Until
this time all the people spoke the same language. But now God caused them
to speak different languages. The men who worked side by side could no
longer understand each other's words. They could not work together as they
had done before. So they left the tower and the city unfinished. Many of
them moved away from that place.
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