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The Use of English • Introduction • 1. The Origin of Languages and Translation • 1.1 The Story of Babel It was recorded in Genesis of the Bible that when there was a flood, Noah ’ s family, eight persons---Noah and his wife, with his three sons and their wives ran away to a safe land by Noah ’ s ark, a boat. After the flood, Noah ’ s descendants lived on the new land generation after generation. The population was growing larger and larger, but all the people spoke only one language. Later on the people moved to the west. When they got to a place of Shinar, they settled down there.