Tongue Tower

 Tongue Tower - Lyrics

Bodi-wan

Copyright 2003-2021 Bodi-wan/David Hodge

 

After the flood

 

They had one language, they had one speech (Genesis 11:1)

They traveled to a plain called “Shinar” (Genesis 11:2)

They built a tower to reach to the heavens (Genesis 11:4)

Because they thought they were greater than God (Due to their defiance of God's command in Genesis 9:1; Genesis 11:4) 

 

God struck it down (Genesis 11:5-9, God struck down their goal to use this tower to keep them from being scattered)

Confused their speech (Genesis 11:7)

He split the earth up according to their family clans (Genesis 10:5, 10:20, 10:31-32; note that Genesis 10 doesn't precede Genesis 11:1-9. Genesis 10 is the breakdown of the what resulted from the scattering in Genesis 11)

 

After Babel

 

The grandsons of Noah fled (Genesis 11:8)

To Europe, Asia, and Africa (Genesis 9:27; Genesis 11:5, etc. as they knew where to go as Noah and his family already divided the land up in Genesis 9 and Japheth's territory was enlarged at one stage)

By family groups they spread about (Genesis 10:5, 10:20, 10:31-32)

Finally even to the Americas

 

Ancient cultures began to emerge

Civilizations like Egypt (Mitzraim) began (Genesis 10:6, 10:13, 12:10)

Greece (Javan) followed after several years (Genesis10:2, 10:4; Daniel 8:21)

They can’t defy the Creator’s plan (Genesis11:5-6; Jeremiah 32:27)

 

God struck it down (Genesis 11:5-9, God struck down their goal to use this tower to keep them from being scattered)

Confused their speech (Genesis 11:7)

He split the earth up according to their family clans (Genesis 10:5, 10:20, 10:31-32; note that Genesis 10 doesn't precede Genesis 11:1-9. Genesis 10 is the breakdown of the what resulted from the scattering in Genesis 11)

 

Twisted Tongues

[I understand these are modern variations of the original language families that first existed when the Babel scattering occurring, but I hope it gets the point across. :-)]

Hej allihopa, Hur Är Det?

Ni Hao

¿Cómo estás? Amigo

Wie geht es Ihnen

Que? Qu'est-ce que tu dis?

Nein, Ich verstehe nicht.

I don’t understand a word you are saying.

Je ne sais pas

Shalom

Au revoir

Auf Wiedersehen

בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארץ

You’re reading the wrong way.

Sayōnara

Adiós

Ah forget this, I’m outta here, good bye!

Lessons from Babel

 

Explains the ‘races’ and linguistic change [Genesis 3:20; 1 Corinthians 15:45-47; Revelation 7:9, there is only 1 race—the human race!]

This is why people groups are unique (e.g., 1 Samuel 16:12; Jeremiah 13:23; Song of Solomon 5:10, )

Noah’s traits bottlenecked in these groups (Genesis 10:1, 10:32)

‘Racial’ differences are extremely bleak (Acts 2:8-11; Romans 3:23; 1 Corinthians 3:11; Galatians 3:28)

 

We’re all one ‘race’ and family (Genesis 3:20; 1 Corinthians 15:45-47)

We’re all in need of Jesus Christ (John 12:32; Romans 5:12-18; 2 Peter 3:9)

To be saved from the second death (John 5:24; 1 John 3:14; Revelation 20:5-6, 20:14, 21:8)

And the curse that enslaves the world (Genesis 3:14, 3:17; Revelation 22:3)

 

God struck it down (Genesis 11:5-9, God struck down their goal to use this tower to keep them from being scattered)

Confused their speech (Zephaniah 3:8-9; Acts 2:1-8)

He divided the earth up by their family clans (Genesis 10:5, 10:20, 10:31-32; note that Genesis 10 doesn't precede Genesis 11:1-9. Genesis 10 is the breakdown of the what resulted from the scattering in Genesis 11)