Genesis 11:1-9

vs. 1: Man’s one common communication
vs. 2: Man dwelt together versus scattered apart
vs. 3: Man’s subtle plans
vs. 4: Man’s fruits of rebellion
vs. 5: Man needs God to intervene
vs. 6: Man is as evil as he imagines
vs. 7-8: Man needs overruled by God (d/t his evilness)
vs. 9: Man is in spiritual confusion

Approximately 200 years after the flood was the people scattered here at the Tower of Babel.
Genesis chapter ten takes place at God dividing and scattering the people through his judgment using language.
Babel means confusion. Babylon is the place of spiritual confusion.