The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary.

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh.

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” Then Esau wept loudly.

And the Lord said, “If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.