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The Tower of Babel

Old Testament · Book of genesis

The Tower of Babel

  • Ages 7–9
  • 19pages
  • Genesis 11:1-9

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About this story

After the flood, the people of the earth all speak one language and live in one place. They settle in a plain called Shinar and decide to build a city with a tower that reaches the heavens — to make a name for themselves so they will not be scattered. They use baked bricks and tar, and the construction climbs higher and higher. God comes down to see it. "Nothing they imagine to do will be impossible for them," he says. And he scatters them, confusing their language so they cannot understand each other. The half-built tower is left behind. The city gets a new name: Babel — "confusion." Centuries later at Pentecost, God will reverse the scattering — many languages, one gospel.

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  • RJ
    Reshma JVerified purchase
    August 2026

    My kids laugh every time the people can't understand each other. Great way to teach about God's plan for the nations.

  • SJ
    Samuel JohnVerified purchase
    August 2026

    Kids love the tower and the language mix-up. It's fun but also teaches a clear lesson about pride. The illustrations of different languages are creative.

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The characters in The Tower of Babel. Tap any face to read more.

Nimrod portrait

Nimrod

chieftain-builder

The Builders portrait

The Builders

brick-mason

Y

Yahweh

divine presence

Where this happens

The places that anchor The Tower of Babel. Tap any tile to see every Bible Heroes storybook set in that place.

Plain of Shinar

Plain of Shinar

Southern Mesopotamia

A broad, flat alluvial plain in lower Mesopotamia between the distant Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Irrigation channels cross the dusty grassland beneath an enormous open sky.

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Brick Yards of Shinar

Brick Yards of Shinar

Level ground beside irrigation channels, set near the growing settlement on the plain of Shinar. Clay pits and drying fields spread outward from smoking kilns.

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Tower City of Babel

Tower City of Babel

A new city rises from the open Shinar plain, visible for miles above canal-fed fields. Its unfinished tower dominates the flat horizon.

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