Monkeys in Bavel

The Gemara in סנהדרין has a unique take on the incident of the Tower of Bavel. The קול התורה of Rabbi Munk claims that this took place ten years before the death of Noach, when Avraham Avinu was forty eight years old. The Gemara says that there were three groups that took part in the building of the tower. One group wished to dwell with G-d in שמים. The second group wanted to make a war with Hashem. And the third group intended to worship עבודה זרה in Heaven. The first group הפיצם ה׳, Hashem scattered around the world. The second group that looked for war, were turned into monkeys! And the idol worshipping group had their languages confused. This is another case of where learning the Gemara helps give a different outlook to a well known biblical story.