⁵ From these ^(A)the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

²⁰ These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.

³¹ These were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.

^32 (A)These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; ^(B)and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.

The Tower of Babel

11 Now the whole earth had one language and one ^[a]speech.

⁸ So ^(A)the Lord scattered them abroad from there ^(B)over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. ⁹ Therefore its name is called ^[a]Babel, ^(C)because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.