Now the wholeearthusedthe samelanguageand the samewords.
Theseare the familiesof the sonsof Noah,according to their genealogies,by their nations;and out of thesethe nationswere separatedon the earthafterthe flood.
It cameabout as they journeyedeast,that they founda plainin the landof Shinarand settledthere.
The LORDsaid,"Behold,they are onepeople,and they allhave the samelanguage.And thisis what they beganto do,and nownothingwhichthey purposeto dowill be impossiblefor them.
In that dayfivecitiesin the landof Egyptwill be speakingthe languageof Canaanand swearing[allegiance] to the LORDof hosts;onewill be calledthe Cityof Destruction.
"For thenI will giveto the peoplespurifiedlips,That allof them may callon the nameof the LORD,To serveHim shoulderto shoulder.
And when thissoundoccurred,the crowdcame together,and were bewilderedbecauseeachoneof them was hearingthem speakin his ownlanguage.
