Shongwe yeBabel (Tower of Babel) inotaurwa muBhaibheri senzvimbo yakaungana guwende revanhu vaine chinangwa chokuvaka shongwe inosvika kudenga. Vanhu ava vakanga vaine donzvo rimwe; vaida kuti zita ravo nemabasa avo akurumbire. Vakati kana tavaka shongwe iyi, tichaita mukurumbira uchapfumbira pakutaurwa kwenhoroondo yevanhu. Mavambo 11:1-9. Shoko raMwari rinotaura kuti Mwari vakasika munhu wokutanga anonzi Adam. Uyu Adam ndiye akazova tateguru wevanhu vakapararira Pasirose. Mushure memakore 1656, Mwari vakaparadza nyika neguwe remvura rakatekeshera Pasirose. Guwe iri rakaparadza vanhu vose kukararama vanomwe chete. Panyika pakasara: Noah nemudzimai wake; vanakomana vake vatatu nemadzimai avo - kureva kuti kwakararama vanhu vanomwe (8). Mushure mezvi, Mwari vakaraira vanhu kuti vaberekane vagowanda zvokuzadza Pasirose - Genesis 9:1. Vanhu vakazvarwa mushure meGuwe raNoah havana kuda kutya Mwari; vakaita chirangano chokuti vavake Shongwe paBabel kuti mazita avo nemabasa avo agove nemukurumbira kana vachinge vapararira nenyika. Shoko raMwari (Genesis 11:3-4) rinoti panguva iyi vanhu vakanga vari verudzi rumwe, vaine mutauro mumwe uye vachigona kunzwisisana vose. Shoko rinowonesa kuti Mwari havana kufara nechinangwa chevanhu chekuda kuzvitsvakira mbiri, saka Mwari vakaranga vanhu nokuvapa mitauro yakasiyana kuti vasakwanise kunzwanane.