Aug 21, 2026 · 23 min · 8 segments
What if the Tower of Babel was about far more than humanity simply building a tower? In this episode of **The Ed Fernandez Show**, Ed explores the biblical account of Babel and a perspective he…
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"They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar, and they said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top is in the heavens.

Let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.' But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of man had built.

And the Lord said, 'Indeed, the people are one and, and they all have one language, and this is what they began to do.

Come, let us go down and confuse their language, that they may not be understood one another's speech.' So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of the, all the earth, and they ceased building the city." I wanted to start with scripture because after the flood, God repeats his command in Genesis 9:1 by saying, "Be and fruitful and multiply and fill the earth." But in Genesis 11:4 they say, "Let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth." Isn't this opposite of what God said for them to do? Didn't God say, "Be fruitful, multiply, and be scattered on the earth"? But these guys are saying, "Hey, let's hang out here and build this city, lest we be scattered on the earth." Most of us think that they obeyed the command of the Lord when we read Genesis 10, when it goes to the genealogy of Noah and his sons.

No, they decided to settle in one place which would be known as the Tower of Babel or the city of Babylon.


"They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar, and they said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top is in the heavens.

Let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.' But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of man had built.

And the Lord said, 'Indeed, the people are one and, and they all have one language, and this is what they began to do.

Come, let us go down and confuse their language, that they may not be understood one another's speech.' So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of the, all the earth, and they ceased building the city." I wanted to start with scripture because after the flood, God repeats his command in Genesis 9:1 by saying, "Be and fruitful and multiply and fill the earth." But in Genesis 11:4 they say, "Let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth." Isn't this opposite of what God said for them to do? Didn't God say, "Be fruitful, multiply, and be scattered on the earth"? But these guys are saying, "Hey, let's hang out here and build this city, lest we be scattered on the earth." Most of us think that they obeyed the command of the Lord when we read Genesis 10, when it goes to the genealogy of Noah and his sons.

No, they decided to settle in one place which would be known as the Tower of Babel or the city of Babylon.

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