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, come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
4. And they said, come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we should 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 were building.
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.