"Once upon a time all the people lived in one large village and spoke one tongue," according to a story told by a hill tribe in Myanmar. While building a great tower, the builders "gradually acquired different manners, customs, and ways of speech, [eventually] being scattered all over the land." Similar legends are found among indigenous peoples of Africa, East Asia, Mexico, and elsewhere.
If the Bible account had been an invention by Moses, the Hebrew writer of Genesis, would it have cropped up; in the legends of such far-flung national and languages groups? That is very unlikely. Thus, the existence of such diverse legends and tales testifies to the credibility of the Babel account in the Bible.
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