Eber was the father of two sons. One son was named Peleg. [63] He was given this name because the earth was divided during his life. The other son was named Joktan.
That is the list of the families from Noah’s sons. They are arranged according to their nations. From those families came all the people who spread across the earth after the flood.
All the people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea came from these sons of Japheth. Each son had his own land. All the families grew and became different nations. Each nation had its own language.
Then the people said, “We should build a city for ourselves. And we should build a tower that will reach to the sky. We will be famous. {And this will keep us together.} We will not be scattered all over the earth.”
That is the place where the Lord confused the language of the whole world. So that place is called Babel. [68] So the Lord caused the people to spread out from that place to all the other places on earth.
Their anger is a curse.
It is too strong.
They are too cruel when they are mad.
They will not get their own land
in the land of Jacob.
They will be spread throughout Israel.”
God Most-High separated
the people on earth and gave
each nation its own land.
God set up borders for those people.
He made as many nations
as there are angels. [211]