Sunday, October 15, 2017

Chiasm of Tower of Babel

Therefore is the name of it called Babel;
because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth:
and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:1-9
 
Gen 11:1-9
  A(11:1)  
The whole world spoke the same language (11:1)   
(שׂפה)
    B(11:2-4)    
otherwise we shall be scattered all over the earth (11:4)   
(נפוץ)
      C(11:5-7)      The words of the LORD
    B'(11:8)    
the LORD scattered them from there all over the earth (11:8)   
(ויפץ)
  A'(11:9)  
the LORD confused the speech of all the world (11:9)   
(שׂפת)

A: The same language and confused language.
B: Scattered all over the earth.
C: The words of the LORD.