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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.