The striking thing in this verse is their overall agreement with each other. Remember, we are talking about the "whole earth" here, not just a group of people. They said what they were going to do, they agreed with each other and got to doing it.

There wasn't much complaint, if any, there wasn't much argument, if any, seems to me they were in total and complete agreement with the idea. This is unbelievable! When you think of the fact that it wasn't just a group of people, but all the people in the whole earth were of the same mind and purpose.

This is what they wanted to do and they were going to do it, period. They first began by communicating the thing in which they were to build and being of one speech and of one language they didn't really have any difficulty in attacking the task, did they?

In language, when one is communicating to another and they both have the same understanding of the words being spoken there is a harmony, an agreement, that can't be broken. This is the realm of perfect communication.

They saw this, joined in this, and were going to make sure they stayed this way. That was the idea and the goal of the whole project. It was to stay in unity, so they wouldn't be scattered. It must have been quite enjoyable to live this way. So much so, they were building a city and a tower whose top was reaching into the very heavens. So much so, God noticed this and He decided to take a peek at it for Himself. Now let's look at what He thinks about all this, from verse five and six.

I don't know what is more amazing, the fact people of the whole earth were one in speech and language, or the fact that God Himself was so surprised He said that nothing, from here on in, would be impossible for them!