"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" Genesis 11:4 (KJV)
Despite being one of the shortest stories in the bible, the tale of Babel is one of the best known. It is the story of a world, divided into nations, yet united by a common cause. The story claims that the people wished to build a tower to heaven, but were disrupted by the divine, as the ability to work together allowed humanity to ascend near godhood. Like most stories within the bible, a literal translation puts people off from reading any dee