And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
By these were the lands of the Gentiles beyond the sea divided in their lands; every one according to his tongue, according to their families, in their nations.
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, so that he will not put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from afar, O house of Israel, says the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you know not, neither understand what they say.
If therefore the whole church comes together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that you are mad?
The LORD shall bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue you shall not understand;