Genesis 11:1-32

The bible picks up the story of Abraham in Chapter 11. If you do not understand chapter 12 and on, you will not understand the rest of the bible or what is going on in the world today. Some people don't want to study the Old Testament, but it is the foundation for the New Testament. In chapter 10 we read about people going around building cities and all; Chapter 11 fills in some details.

1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. This is the same place we hear about in the news: it's the Mideast. It's in the news today.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. The people got together and they have a big building program.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. The focal point is individuals now. The translators put in “may reach”. Forget the “may reach”. Read it “whose top unto heaven. “Let us make us a name” is the key part of this verse. This city was to be a focal point of all humanity after the flood of Noah. They are going exactly opposite of what God told them, to spread out and populate the earth. They want to build a big city with a tower in it.
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. God knew what was going on, but He still came down and looked at the city and tower.
6 And the LORD said......