Have you noticed the latest addition to our puzzle collection on the center back wall of the classroom? This is a replica of Pieter Bruegel’s depiction of the Tower of Babel story taught in the Bible. According to this book, the people of ancient Babylonia were trying to build a tower that would reach to Heaven. When God saw what success the people were having, He decided to confound their language so no one would understand each other. At this time, according to the Bible, all the people on earth spoke one language. God stopped the building of the tower by giving everyone a different language. If you are interested in this story, you can read more about it in the Bible in the first book of the Old Testament. You will find the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis, Chapter Eleven. I chose this puzzle for the school because I enjoy Bruegel’s work and it seemed a fitting theme for our language school. What do you think?
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