One Language
One people, one language, a city and a tower: the story of Babel. Read Genesis 11 in English with eight new words.
The words in this story
8 words you will really use: they appear in the Story and in the exercises, and come back in Review in the following Units.
people
noun
burn
verb
build
verb
city
noun
LORD
noun
child
noun
name
noun
therefore
adverb
Original verse
The verse that closes the Unit, in the text of the World English Bible. After three lessons, this is how you read it, with no retelling.
Genesis 11:9 · WEB
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
What a Unit looks like
First the whole Story, retold in simple English with sentence-by-sentence audio. Then three short lessons, each with a slice of the story, a Tip and exercises. At the end, the Original verse and the Celebration.
- História · 15 frases, tradução ao toque, 3 checagens sem XP
- 3 lições · um trecho, uma Dica e exercícios em cada uma
- Versículo original · o texto da Bíblia sem reconto · próxima história
Questions about this story
Which Bible passage is this lesson based on?
Genesis 11:1-9, in the World English Bible.
How many new English words will I learn?
8 new words, all taken from the story.
What is Babel?
Babel is the name of the city in this story. The story says the name comes from the confused language.
Will I read the real Bible verse?
Yes: at the end you read Genesis 11:9 in the Bible, word for word.
More stories in the Course
More stories from the Old Testament Course, in canonical order.
