# 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. 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.