Babel Explains Our Differences

A Biblical View of “Race”

by Ken Ham on June 11, 2026

Part 4

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Have you ever heard of so-called “black and white” twins where one is fair-skinned, and the other is dark-skinned? People wonder, “How could twins be from two different ‘races’?” But biologically and biblically, we’re all one race.

The reason people groups look a little different is because of the events at the Tower of Babel. Shortly after the flood, God judged mankind’s sin by confusing their languages, forcing them to spread out and fill the earth. Different language families took different genetic combinations. Over time, different people groups and cultures developed, but we all go back to Adam and Eve.

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