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 Stuck in Origins Stories? Tower of Babel Story is one of such I am exploring and am not bored with the tales of it. As issues of diversity, discrimination, racism, run ramp it across the globe. Do we forget at one time we were and therefore are brothers and sisters in the eyes of God the creator. At the most cousins which can be a conversation in itself. - A.T. Yoda Brooks

Yes, there are indeed longer and more detailed versions or expansions of the Tower of Babel narrative beyond the brief account found in Genesis 11:1–9.

Different traditions and texts offer more extensive narratives, including:

1. Jewish tradition

• The Book of Jubilees and the writings of Josephus contain longer accounts.
• Pseudo-Philo attributes the building direction to princes of the Hamites, Semites, and Japhetites.
• Rabbinic literature explores various reasons for building the Tower and the builders' intentions.
• One alternative version suggests builders were more concerned with losing bricks than human lives.

2. Islamic tradition

• Al-Tabari's History of the Prophets and Kings details Nimrod initiating construction, God destroying it, and the original language (Syriac) becoming 72 distinct languages.
• Abu al-Fida adds that the patriarch Eber retained the original tongue (Hebrew) for not participating.

3. Other parallels

• The Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta Sumerian myth and the Eridu Genesis also feature themes of great structures and disrupted linguistic unity.

These diverse accounts provide additional details and perspectives beyond the biblical narrative.

The above is taken from A.I. based on Genesis 11: 1 -9