5 Forsothe the Lord cam down to se the citee and tour, which the sones of Adam bildiden.6 And he seide, Lo! the puple is oon, and o langage is to alle, and thei han bigunne to make this, nethir thei schulen ceesse of her thouytis, til thei fillen tho in werk; therfor come ye, go we doun,7 and scheende we there the tunge of hem, that ech man here not the voys of his neiybore.8 And so the Lord departide hem fro that place in to alle londis; and thei cessiden to bielde a cytee.9 And therfor the name therof was clepid Babel, for the langage of al erthe was confoundide there; and fro thennus the Lord scaterede hem on the face of alle cuntrees.