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...states directly that, the "old serpent" is called the Devil and Satan. The phrase "old serpent" derectly associates the great dragon with the serpent in the garden of Eden.
Just because Satan/Devil is referred to as an old dragon in a vision doesn't make the snake in Genesis Satan.
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.
The serpent in Genesis is a beast of the field.
Satan isn't mentioned until Job where he is not described as a beast of the field, but apparently a member of the heavenly household.
Job 1:7
The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come ?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it."
I agree with ramoss that the Ancient Dragon is probably referring to the Leviathan.
Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Given that there was roughly 700 years between the Isaiah verse and Revelation, that is a pretty old dragon. IMO, the symbolism was going for the dragon, not the snake of the garden.
As for the Tower of Babel, is a nice story on why we all speak different languages.
"Peshat is what I say and derash is what you say." --Nehama Leibowitz
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