When was the Tower of Babel Made?

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"The only indication of the time at which the Tower of Babel was erected, we find in the name of Phaleg (Genesis 11:10-17), the grandnephew of Heber; this places the date somewhere between 101 and 870 years after the Flood. The limits are so unsatisfactory, because the Greek Version differs in its numbers from the Massoretic text."

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Tower of BabelNow all one needs is to figure out the date of the flood. Good Luck. ------------------
"I was very unwilling to give up my belief." Charles Darwin.

Perhaps. But we do know something about the timing of the Tower of Babel.

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"The only indication of the time at which the Tower of Babel was erected, we find in the name of Phaleg (Genesis 11:10-17), the grandnephew of Heber; this places the date somewhere between 101 and 870 years after the Flood. The limits are so unsatisfactory, because the Greek Version differs in its numbers from the Massoretic text."

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Excerpted from CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Tower of BabelThis needs to be viewed together with Genesis 10:25, which in the Living Bible reads:

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Two sons were born to Eber: Peleg (meaning "Division," for during his lifetime the people of the world were separated and dispersed), and Joktan (Peleg's brother).

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What do you make of this?BTW. Phaleg and Peleg are simply two alternative transliterations of the same Hebrew name.------------------
"I was very unwilling to give up my belief." Charles Darwin

Try Leviticus 11 for a listing of clean versus unclean animals (for eating purposes). I know that leaves the question of pre-flood dietary rules. Gen. 1:29 is the only text I know in reference to this question.Mention of clean versus unclean food animals suggests to me that the story of Noah has been edited with the Law of Moses in mind. Furthermore, the subsequent statement, to which you allude, seems to nullify the previous concern with loading "clean" animals on the ark.I'm glad you pointed up Gen. 9:3. I had never considered this text before. Seems it to put a crimp in the stuffy dietary laws of Moses, eh?------------------
"I was very unwilling to give up my belief." Charles Darwin

You seem to be confusing me with someone else. 25,000 years worth of gaps?------------------
"I was very unwilling to give up my belief." Charles Darwin[This message has been edited by doctrbill, 09-06-2003]

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Gen 8:16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

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Sorry Drag' but this doesn't mention dispersal and, apparently, applies only to the animals. It is when someone presents a faulty argument in that regard. It would seem that you had remembered the text incorrectly. No big deal. Everyone here has made that mistake at least once.db------------------
"I was very unwilling to give up my belief." Charles Darwin

Disobedience of what?You have so far failed to make the case for disobedience.The scripture you cited does not say what you wanted it to say.Is your theological bias more important than the evidence of scripture?Show us the command to disperse and we will concede this point. Otherwise you are saddling those people with a sin they did not commit. How satanic is that?!------------------
"I was very unwilling to give up my belief." Charles Darwin

The word satan is equivalent to the word "accuser," and you are accusing those people of disobedience. Satan is a role, not a name. Whoever plays the role, is a candidate for the title. Apparently they did this. Filling it with sufficient numbers to undertake a large building project. But "the earth" is not a referene to "the planet." Bible writers did not imagine imagine earth to be a planet. It simply means, "the land." For "fill the earth," read, "fill the land." American's "fill" a land which is larger than the whole world as it was known to denizens of the ancient Middle East. Besides, "fill" does not mean "spill over." This is about multiplication, not dispersal. They were already migrating when they found a place to build the tower).

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Now the whole earth had one language and few words. And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. Genesis 11:1,2 Revised Standard Version

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This seems to suggest that the "whole earth" was already settled; in which case, if they all moved to "the land of Shinar," there must have been quite a crowd!------------------
"I was very unwilling to give up my belief." Charles Darwin

I figured there was something wrong with that quote. The most persuasive clue, for me, was the degree of literacy represented:

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the human population must have went through a "population bottleneck"

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Many such sites exhibit marginal literacy. If these guys can't pay attention in English class, how can they discriminate between cock and bull?------------------
"I was very unwilling to give up my belief." Charles Darwin