By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. (10:5)

These [are] the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, [and] in their nations. (10:20)

These [are] the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. (10:31)

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. (11:1)

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. (11:2)

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. (11:3)

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. (11:4)

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. (11:5)

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. (11:6)

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. (11:7)

So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. (11:8)

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. (11:9)