The Kingdom

Nimrod’s kingdom includes Babel (Gen 10:10)

Forgot God’s Plan

Yet God’s first instruction to humanity after their creation and repeated after the flood was to ‘fill’ the earth. That is precisely what these builders have forgotten. In their quest for unity and homogeneity focused on one small space of earth they have tried to obliterate God’s creative vision of duality and diversity.

God Restored Scattering

The ironic result of God’s intervention is that they do receive a name - Babel/babble (11.9) - though presumably not the one they sought. … ‘scattering’ (11.9) across the earth is not only a punishment but also the fulfilment of God’s will in creation.