They said, "Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."

The city was called Babylon, because there the LORD mixed up the language of all the people, and from there he scattered them all over the earth.

A curse be on their anger, because it is so fierce, And on their fury, because it is so cruel. I will scatter them throughout the land of Israel. I will disperse them among its people.

The Most High assigned nations their lands; he determined where peoples should live. He assigned to each nation a heavenly being,

He has stretched out his mighty arm and scattered the proud with all their plans.

Eber had two sons: one was named Peleg, because during his time the people of the world were divided; and the other was named Joktan.

All these peoples are the descendants of Noah, nation by nation, according to their different lines of descent. After the flood all the nations of the earth were descended from the sons of Noah.