1 And the whole earth was of one language, and Of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from The east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us Make brick, and burn them throughly. And They had brick for stone, and slime had they for Morter. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a Tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and Let us make us a name, lest we be scattered Abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and The tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, And they have all one language; and this they Begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained From them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their Language, that they may not understand one Another's speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from Thence upon the face of all the earth: and they Left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; Because the LORD did there confound the Language of all the earth: and from thence did The LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of All the earth.