This story seems to relate also to another story about how this god fears his own creations.
Genesis 3:22
New American Standard Bible.
Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever "-
this verse appears as if the god/s are worried that we (humanity) have or could become like them.
Once this is realized they promptly kicked the humans out so they could not live forever.
I know this is just a myth as to why we die of old age and also tells of the shackle that binds us in our original sin but it sure sounds like a similer motive as the Babel story.
Genesis 3:22
New American Standard Bible.
Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever "-
this verse appears as if the god/s are worried that we (humanity) have or could become like them.
Once this is realized they promptly kicked the humans out so they could not live forever.
I know this is just a myth as to why we die of old age and also tells of the shackle that binds us in our original sin but it sure sounds like a similer motive as the Babel story.