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Now

This word shows that the writer is beginning a new part of the story.

the whole earth

This represents all the people on the earth. Alternate translation: "all the people on the earth" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)

used one language and had the same words

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize that all people spoke the same language. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)