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Witodlīce Dryhten ā·stāg niþer, tō þǣm þæt hē ġe·sāwe
þā burg and þone stīepel, þe Adāmes bearn ġe·timbrodon.
And hē cwæþ: 'þis is ān folc, and ealle hīe sprecaþ ān
læden, and hīe be·gunnon þis tō wyrċenne: ne ġe·swīcaþ hīe
ǣr þǣm þe hit ġearu sīe; sōþlīce uton cuman and tō·dǣlan
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hiera sprǣċe!'
Swā Dryhten hīe tō·dǣlde of þǣre stōwe ġeond ealle eorþan.
And for þǣm man nęmnde þā stōwe Babēl for þǣm þe þǣr