Tower of Babel (Migdal Bavel)

Question

In what year was the Tower of Babel built?

The flood occurred 1656 years after Creation.
How many years later was the Tower of Babel built?

 

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  1. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team

    Our Sages teach that Avraham was forty-eight years old at the the building of the Tower of Babel. Avraham was born in the Jewish year 1948 (from the creation of Adam) which corresponds to the year 1812 BCE. Accordingly the Tower of Babel was built in the Jewish year 1996.

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