Before Babel, we all spoke the same language. Imagine that!
Before Babel, there were no language requirements in high school. Nobody saying in a haughty voice, "You haven't really read it until you've read it in the original language." Before Babel, you knew exactly what you were getting at a restaurant. Before Babel, what was written or said couldn't be mistranslated and so mankind was deprived of a rich source of laughter. For example, this sign at a Norwegian cocktail lounge: "Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar." Or this Hong Kong dentist's ad: "Teeth extracted by the latest Methodists."
God isn't the author of confusion? I beg to differ and submit to you as proof: language and the relationship between men and women. For some reason, God wants us to work at understanding one another and getting along. In the process, we learn something about ourselves. We gain something in the effort of being one, as a church, as a couple, as countries.
One other observation: Prior to Arphaxad, it looks like the youngest anyone had children was 65 and most men were in their hundreds. I wonder what everyone thought when Arphaxad comes along and has a kid at 35. "He's too young to be a father, barely out of diapers himself. He'll be a grandfather before he's 250! This younger generation -- they're in such a rush to have a family, get the big house. Children under 100 are to be seen and not heard."
My post from last year on this date.
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