The invention of bricks in genesis 10 isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's neutral. It's the people's attitude that wants to use to boost their own name, their own reputation, their own pride, to push themselves upwards and anybody else down, to make themselves equal with God. There are loads of good or neutral things that can be misused or abused. It's not about the things themselves, it's about the attitude of wanting to be your own God.
Even though this is the biggest tower that they can build, in verse 5 God has to come down to see it! We are so far below God that it is laughable that we try to be our own Gods, or it would be laughable if everyone wasn't doing it! god confuses their languages - what must that have been like at the time? I think of language that is something that is in-built to me, I think and speak in English. But God could change that in an instant! We are totally dependant on Him for everything.
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