Thereforeits namewas calledBabel,becausetherethe LORDconfusedthe languageof the wholeearth;and from therethe LORDscatteredthem abroad overthe faceof the wholeearth.
The beginningof his kingdomwas Babeland Erechand Accadand Calneh,in the landof Shinar.
Theseare the sonsof Ham,according to their families,according to their languages,by their lands,by their nations.
Twosonswere bornto Eber;the nameof the one[was] Peleg,for in his daysthe earthwas divided;and his brother'sname[was] Joktan.
From thesethe coastlandsof the nationswere separatedinto their lands,everyoneaccording to his language,according to their families,into their nations.
Confuse,O Lord,dividetheir tongues,For I have seenviolenceand strifein the city.
and He madefrom one[man] everynationof mankindto liveon allthe faceof the earth,having determined[their] appointedtimesand the boundariesof their habitation,
Thereforeifthe wholechurchassemblestogetherand allspeakin tongues,and ungifted menorunbelieversenter,will they not saythat you are mad?
