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Many Languages [04-03]
So God changed their language into many different languages and spread the people out all over the world. The city they had begun to build was called Babel, which means, “confused.”
于是神混乱他们的语言，又将他们分散到全地面。他们开始建造的那城叫作巴别，即「混乱」的意思。
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Translation Notes:
- changed their language – In an instant, God miraculously gave them different languages to speak so that suddenly they were no longer able to understand each other.
- many different languages – Instead of one large group of people speaking one language, there were now many smaller people groups each speaking its own separate language.
- spread the people - When God changed their languages, he caused these groups of people to scatter out on the earth and each group moved to its own area.
- Babel - We don't know the exact location of this city, other than it was somewhere in the ancient Middle East.
- confused - This refers to how the people were confused or, "mixed-up" when they could no longer understand each other after God changed their language.