Genesis 11: The Curious Case of the Tower of Babel

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Sep 14, 2025 · 4m

The last of the pre-Abraham stories in Genesis concerns the famous tower of Babel. Reading the text, however, we are faced with many questions:________________________________________1) When did this story happen? In the last verse of chapter 10 we are told: “These are the groupings of Noah’s descendants . . . [they] branched out over the earth after the Flood.” Hebrew (Genesis 10:32):אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחוֹת בְּנֵי־נֹחַ לְתוֹלְדֹתָם בְּגוֹיֵהֶם וּמֵאֵלֶּה נִפְרְדוּ הַגּוֹיִם בָּאָרֶץ אַחַר הַמַּבּוּל׃But then, in the first two verses of chapter 11 we are told: “Everyone on earth had the same…