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On Tower of Babel
Humanity attempts to build a tower reaching heaven to make a name for themselves. God confuses their languages and scatters them.
◆ Held in common
What every account tells.
- iHubris of builders
- iiConfusion of tongues
◆ Where they part
How each tradition tells it.
IslamThe Quran does not explicitly mention the tower but discusses Nimrod's attempt to challenge God.
Side by side
Read the passages as one.
Each scripture’s own words, laid alongside the others.
Genesis
“And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.”
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