Genesis 11:4-9 Then they said: »Let us build ourselves a city, with a lofty tower that reaches into space, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.«

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ Then they said: »Let us build ourselves a city, with a lofty tower that reaches into space, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.« ⁵ But Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. ⁶ Jehovah said: »If they become one people speaking the same language, nothing will be impossible for them. They have begun to do this. ⁷ »Let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.« ⁸ Jehovah scattered them from there over all the earth. They stopped building the city. ⁹ That is why it was called Babel (confusion) because Jehovah confused the language of the whole world. Jehovah scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth.