4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower ^bwith its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” 5 And ^cthe Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. 6 And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. 7 Come, ^dlet us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So ^ethe Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.