English 201: Lesson 4 - The Tower of Babel
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After the flood, Noah's sons had many children.
Their children grew up and had families.
There were many people on the earth again.
Some of them built a city.
The people wanted to build a tall tower.
They wanted to climb the tower to go to heaven.
They called the tower the Tower of Babel.
But people can't climb a tower to go to heaven.
God saw them building the tower and he was angry.
He didn't want the people to build the tower.
He changed the language of the people.
Each one spoke words the others didn't know.
The people couldn't talk to each other.
They couldn't work together.
They couldn't finish the tower.
They left the city.
Jared and his brother lived near the tower.
They were righteous men.
They loved God and obeyed him.
The brother of Jared prayed to God.
He asked God not to change their language.
They wanted to talk to their families.
God blessed them.
He let them keep their language.
These people were called the Jaredites.
They went to America.
The Book of Mormon tells about the Jaredites.