ever changed the way the world worked because people no longer would speak the same language and be united in that way. The Hebrew form of the name Babylon was Babel. The native name of Babel, Bab-ili had a similar sound to the Hebrew word balil, which meant, “he confused”. By changing the people’s languages, God hoped the would become more focused His Word. Today, we can still see the influence from the incident from the Tower of Babel. Throughout the world, people live in different countries that have different cultures and languages. This can be explained in The Tower of Babel myth.These sin stories in Genesis can be related to other stories and main ideas in Scripture. The Fall of Man myth can be related to the Deuteronomical Principle. This principle states the disobedience brings misfortune and obedience wins God’s favor. Adam and Eve went directly against God and disobeyed him by eating from the Tree of Knowledge. They were then punished in a number of ways. Eve would experience pain in childbirth and Adam would have to work from the land. They were also banned from the Garden of Eden. Another misfortune brought by Adam and Eve’s disobedience is women would be under the control of men. God demonstrates that if you stray off the path, there will be death and destruction. The Cain and Abel myth can be related to David and Saul. Cain was jealous of Abel because God praised Abel more for his offerings than he did Cain. This angered Cain and he killed Abel out of rage and jealously. Saul was jealous of David because David killed Golilith. Saul, a coward, was too terrified to meet the challenge of Golilith, but David accepted the challenge and was victorious. After this incident, Saul becomes jealous of David and tried to kill him twice,but failed. Cain was jealous of Abel and Saul was jealous of David. The Flood myth can be related to Moses. Both Moses and Noah act ...
