Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer

God’s Purpose in Confusing Human Language (Genesis 11:8–9)

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Season 7 Episode 37

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What did the Lord’s confusion of human language accomplish, apart from the physical result of scattering humanity over the face of the whole earth? What good came out of it?

Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).