1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

1 ויהי כל־הארץ שפה אחת ודברים אחדים׃

9 על־כן קרא שמה בבל כי־שם בלל יהוה שפת כל־הארץ ומשם הפיצם יהוה על־פני כל־הארץ׃ פ