Tower of Babel
⬅️ PREV 🌐 Human History 🔗 Borsippa According to Midrash B’reshit Rabbah (64:4) Abraham was 48 when the creator confused the languages at the Tower of Babel. This year was also the death of Peleg. 💡 Math = 1948 + 48 = { 1996 } Seder Olam Rabah 1:2 Our father Abraham was 70 years old when he was spoken to (by God's presence) at the Covenant Between the Pieces as it is said *(Ex.* 12:41): "And it was after 430 years," etc. After that he was spoken to he returned to Haran, stayed there five years as it is said *(Gen.* 12:4): "And Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran." It follows that from the Dispersion until Abraham left Haran there were 26 years. These are exactly *(Gen.* 14:4-5) "12 years they served Kedorla`omer and 13 years they rebelled. And in the fourteenth year Kedorleomer came." 💡 Math = 2023 - 26 = { 1997 } 💡 A 1 year discrepancy❗ Seder Olam Rabah 1:2 It turns out that from the Dispersion until the birth of Isaac were 5...