And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. nm 1 44 The potential for evil in the attempt to build the Tower of Babel, as recorded in the eleventh chapter of Genesis, was not in any threat to physically "reach unto heaven," nor was it in the desire to establish a city. The danger was in a concentration of power and the elimination of the division of nations established by me nm A division of nations is of paramount importance because it has served to control the spread of evil throughout the earth. This is substantiated by Bible history in that the concept of nations was not established until after the universal flood of Noah's time. Prior to the flood, mankind had become so corrupted that, except Noah and those with him, all human inhabitants were destroyed. Immediately after the flood the concept of nations began, as recorded in Genesis chapter ten. From that time on, nations served as a check on each other throughout Old Testament history. 147 Chapter 12 U.N. Modern Tower of Babel Genesis 11:6 Divine Providence.