Loading
Loading
0 Chapters0 Books0 People0 Places
Where humanity tried to build a tower to heaven — and God scattered the languages
MesopotamiaHistorically Verified
The foundation of the massive ziggurat (step-tower) was dug up at the Babylon site in Iraq around 1900. Ancient Babylonian texts reference it too.
A city in ancient Mesopotamia where people attempted to build a tower reaching to the heavens as a monument to human ambition and unity apart from God. God confused their language and scattered them across the earth — which is why we have different languages and nations. Babel is the origin story of human diversity and the backstory for why God later called one man (Abraham) to build a different kind of people.
Genesis
The OG Family Tree of Every Nation Ever
Babel is listed here as the first city in Nimrod's empire — making this genealogy the introduction of the place where humanity will soon attempt to build a tower to heaven.
Zechariah
The Flying Scroll and the Woman in the Basket
Zechariah sees a giant flying scroll that hunts down thieves and liars, then watches wickedness get stuffed in a basket and airlifted to Babylon. God isn't just forgiving sin — He's actively removing it from the land.
Share this place