The whole earth was of one speech. When men journeyed eastward, they
found a large plain, and they dwelt there. And they said one to another:
Come, let us build a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, lest we be
scattered over the whole earth. But the Lord came down and confounded
their language, so the one did not understand the other. Thus the Lord
scattered them over all the earth, and they left off building. Therefore
the place is called Babel, that is, Confusion.--The descendants of Shem
remained in Asia, the descendants of Ham went southwest to Africa, and
the descendants of Japhet went westward to Europe. (Gen. 11:1-9.)