Word mixups to think about
The Bible speaks of these persons who tried to reach God by building their cities higher and higher. The closer they got to Heaven the more they came to making a name for themselves and forgetting the one who brought them out of danger and into the safety of the valley. God decided that if they were trying to reach him they could have plans to go beyond him so he decided to give them all a separate language and confuse their ability to work together.
So they cut short their building and scattered over the earth because of their lack of understanding of each other. This city and its high tower are called Babel. (Genesis: chapter 11: lines 1-9)
Contrast this with the Acts of the Apostles: chapter 2: lines 1-11.
The miracle of tongues or the miracle of ears?