BIRTHRIGHT series (#2 part 1) Robert Nelson
The Anunnaki were responsible for various developments, including the Tower of Babel and Sodom and Gomorrah, both of which involved advanced technology and extraterrestrial warfare.
Decode the Secrets of the Pyramids
Robert will feature in six episodes of the upcoming season, including segments focused on his recent discoveries regarding the Tower of Babel and the Orion Correlation Theory.
Mesopotamia played an enormous role in the development of the Genesis creation stories—Adam and Eve, the flood, and now the post-flood table of nations, which includes the Tower of Babel resembling a Babylonian ziggurat.
Early Jewish Midrash works, as described by the philosopher Philo in his Questiones, depict Nimrod as the instigator of the Tower of Babel and persecutor of the Jewish patriarch Abraham for his refusal to participate in the project.
Thus shall Babylon sink
This city became a center of power in Mesopotamia and was known for its grandeur and its famous ziggurat, which later inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel.
The Tower of Babel: According to the Bible, the people of Babylon attempted to build a tower that would reach the heavens, symbolizing their desire to regain the power and knowledge of Atlantis.
The destruction of the Tower of Babel and the scattering of the people can be viewed as Yahweh ensuring that no civilization would ever again reach the heights (both metaphorically and literally) of Atlantis.
The Second Destruction: Yahweh’s Intervention at BabylonGenesis 11:4-8 (The Tower of Babel):"Then they said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.' And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.
Was there a tower in Babylon?
Yes, there was a structure in ancient Babylon that is often associated with the biblical Tower of Babel.
The Tower of Babel story in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 11:1-9) describes a tower built by humanity in an effort to reach the heavens, which led to God confusing their language and scattering them across the earth.
The biblical narrative does not specifically name Etemenanki, but many scholars believe that this ziggurat in Babylon could have been the inspiration for the Tower of Babel story.
Babylon = (Tower of) Babel
The original Hebrew word for the "Tower of Babel" is מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל (Migdál Bável).
בָּבֶל (Bável) refers to "Babel" or "Babylon."
This term appears in various places throughout the Hebrew Bible, including in the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis and in the prophecies and historical accounts concerning the Babylonian Empire.
Yes, the words "Babel" and "Babylon" in the Hebrew language share the same root word, בָּבֶל (Bavel).
Tower of Babel: In Hebrew, this is מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל (Migdál Bável), with "Bavel" referring to the location where the tower was constructed.
The story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11:1-9 is often interpreted as an etiology (a story explaining the origin of something), particularly explaining the origin of different languages and the name of the city of Babylon.
Therefore, both the Tower of Babel and the city of Babylon are referred to by the same Hebrew word, בָּבֶל (Bavel), highlighting the connection between the two in the biblical text.
Genesis Contains a History of Atlantis
1585, quotes a native legend about the building of the great pyramid of Cholula, which closely resembles the Bible record of the Tower of Babel.
The Deluge Legends of America
The legends of preserving knowledge on pillars and the story of the Tower of Babel reflect the efforts of ancient civilizations to survive and maintain their culture and wisdom against the backdrop of such existential threats.
The Destruction of Atlantis
1585, quotes a native legend about the building of the great pyramid of Cholula, which closely resembles the Bible record of the Tower of Babel.
Significance: Etemenanki was the great ziggurat of Babylon, often identified with the biblical Tower of Babel.
Genesis 11 - Tower of Babel
There is also a clearly established legend which singularly resembles the Bible record of the Tower of Babel.
Observe the resemblances between this legend and the Bible account of the building of the Tower of Babel:
They built it to reach the sun--that is to say, as a sun-temple; while in the Bible record Babel was built to perpetuate the glory of its architects.
In one form of the Tower of Babel legend, that of the Toltecs, we are told that the pyramid of Cholula was erected "as a means of escape from a second flood, should another occur."
Temple of Cholula
Tower of Babel
Observe the resemblances between this legend and the Bible account of the building of the Tower of Babel:
Tower of Babel
Genesis Babel and Atlantis
Babel Story of Cholula
Babel means "gateway of the power" or "power gate"
[8] So the LORD Elohim YHWH scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.[9] Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD Elohim YHWH did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD Elohim YHWH scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Wallis presents an alternative interpretation of the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel.
Instead, the author proposes that the Tower of Babel was a "stargate"—a portal or technology enabling rapid access to outer space.
The term "Babel" means "gateway of the power" or "power gate," suggesting advanced technology.
The author suggests that Babel was a spacefaring initiative that was violently suppressed by other powerful beings, not unlike modern geopolitical conflicts over strategic military capabilities.
In essence, the Paul argues for a reinterpretation of the Tower of Babel story, viewing it as a historical account of advanced technology and extraterrestrial intervention rather than a simple tale of divine retribution.
Noah’s offspring
Linguistic and Cultural Division: Some scholars and traditions interpret this division as the splitting of human languages and cultures at the Tower of Babel.
Since the account of the Tower of Babel follows the genealogies that include Peleg, some believe that "the division of the earth" refers to this linguistic and cultural fragmentation.
The first interpretation aligns most closely with the subsequent biblical narrative and the traditional Jewish and Christian interpretations, seeing this division primarily in terms of the social and linguistic fragmentation at Babel.
[1] Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.[2] The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.[3] And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.[4] And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.[5] By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.[6] And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.[7] And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.[8] And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.[9] He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.[10] And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.[11] Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,[12] And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.[13] And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,[14] And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.[15] And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,[16] And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,[17] And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,[18] And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.[19] And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.[20] These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.[21] Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.[22] The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.[23] And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.[24] And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.[25] And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.[26] And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazar-maveth, and Jerah,[27] And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,[28] And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,[29] And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.[30] And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.[31] These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.[32] These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Genesis 11 – Babel