• Gen 11:7 — Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
• Gen 11:8 — So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
• Gen 11:9 — Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

5 Christian traditions affirm this interpretation.

• Roman Catholic · Catholic
• Lutheran · Lutheran
• Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox
• Patristic · Patristic
• Reformed · Reformed

2 passages from 2 historic works cite scripture this interpretation depends on.

• Homilies on Matthew · 1 passage
• Antiquities of the Jews · 1 passage