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German · Beginner

Der Turm zu Babel

Adapted from The Tower of Babel

By The Bible

People build a city and a tower, but God confuses their language and scatters them across the earth.

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Illustration for the scene “One language in Shinar”

Scene 1 · Beginner

Eine Sprache in Schinar

One language in Shinar

German

Alle Menschen auf der Erde sprachen die gleiche Sprache und benutzten die gleichen Wörter. Auf ihrem Weg nach Osten fanden sie im Land Schinar eine Ebene. Dort blieben sie.

English translation

All the people on earth spoke the same language and used the same words. On their way east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar. They stayed there.

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