Genesis 11

Universal Language, Babel, Confusion

1 Now the whole earth *11:1 Lit was one lip.spoke one language and used the same words (vocabulary). 9 Therefore the name of the city was *11:9 The word "Babel" is similar to the word "confuse" (Heb balal), but not identical.Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the entire earth; and from that place the Lord scattered and dispersed them over the surface of all the earth.