Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6122870-20140318163542/@comment-130.43.180.36-20150421171934

But in Season 1 Chapter 2 when Yuri forced Evan to give Baam the pocket, from Yuri's reaction, it seems like it is normal for people to speak in different languages but depend on the Pocket to help the user understand different languages automatically. I think this can be supported by Evan's explanation that "features including all languages of this Tower meaning, it will translate everything for you".

So I wont say that Tower of God is an adaptation of Tower of Babel but rather inspired by the concept since the Tower of Babel is built as to be "a city, with a tower that reaches to the heaven". Although in TOG, the myth behind the Tower is about a man who wanted to be with the star. There is also some mentions about "God" by Ho about how unfair "God" is. Rachel's name is practically inspired by the Bible so there is some relevance to the idea. I wonder if that name is chosen for her because it means that Baam will only get Rachel after a lllooooonnngggg struggle.