11: 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech 11: 2 It happened as they traveled east that they found the plain in the land of shinar and they lived(dwelt there 11: 3 They said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly They had brick for stone, and they used tart for morter 11: 4 They said, Come, let's build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let 's make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth 11: 5 The loRd came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built n 11: 6 The LORD said, Behold, there are one people, and they have all one language And this is what they begin to do, Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do 11: 7 Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech 11: 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city 11: 9 Therefore the name of it was called babel because the lord confused the language of all the earth there and from there the loRd scattered them abroad upon the surface of all the earth School of life sciences Fudan UniversitySchool of Life Sciences Fudan University  11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.  11:2 It happened as they traveled east that they found the plain in the land of Shinar; and they lived(dwelt) there.  11:3They said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. They had brick for stone, and they used tart for morter.  11:4 They said, “Come, let’s build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”  11:5 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.  11:6 The LORD said, “Behold, there are one people, and they have all one language. And this is what they begin to do, Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.  11:7 Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."  11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.  11:9 Therefore the name of it was called Babel; because the LORD confused the language of all the earth there and from there the LORD scattered them abroad upon the surface of all the earth