Creation & Patriarchs
The tower of Babel
The tower of Babel has no date in the Modern reckoning; the Traditional reckoning puts it in 2246 BC. It is told in Genesis 11:9.
That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
- a Or Babylon; the Hebrew word for Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- undated
- Traditional reckoning
- 2246 BC
- How it's dated
- the genealogies
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Sources: Theographic event 53.
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
Where: Babel.
Which verses connect to Genesis 11:9?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Genesis 10:510 votes
From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
- Genesis 10:1010 votes
His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Genesis 10:209 votes
These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
- Acts 17:269 votes
From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
- 1 Corinthians 14:237 votes
So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
- Genesis 10:255 votes
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.