Lesson 11~ Why and how we came top speak in different languages

There was a time on the earth when all the people on the earth spoke the same language. That would have been fine except that they decided to disobey God who told them, "Have many children. Grow in number and fill the earth" (Gen. 9:1). But the people decided that they wanted to stay together and not go out into the earth & fill it. Instead they all moved to the land of Babylonia where they made bricks & built a city and a tower.

After they built this city & tower, God came down to look at them. God was not happy with the fact that they had disobeyed him, so he made them all speak in different languages. This is why that areal is called Babel. When they could not understand each other they got together with those they could understand, & moved out into the different areas of the world.

And that is why and how we got different languages in the world! If you want to read this for yourself, you can find it In Genesis 11:1-9.