Tosefta for Genesis 10:1

The people of the Tower [of Babel] became haughty in front of the Place only due to the goodness He showered upon them, as it says (Gen. 10:1-2, JPS Tr.), "Everyone on earth had the same language and the same words, and as they migrated from the east [they came upon a valley in the land of Shinar and settled (lit., 'sat') there]." And there is no "sitting" that does not involve eating and drinking, as it says (Ex. 32:6), "And the people sat to eat and drink etc." This was the cause of their [downfall]. And they said (Gen. 11:4), "Come let us build a city and a tower, etc." What does it say, but that "The Lord scattered them [over the face of the whole earth]" (Gen. 11:7). The people of Sodom became haughty in front of the Place only due to the goodness He showered upon them, as it says: "A land from which bread had issued forth — its place was overturned, as if (consumed by) fire. A place of sapphire were its stones, and dusts of gold were there. (And now it is) a path unknown (i.e., unfrequented) by brigands, and unseen by the falcon's eye, untrodden by the haughty (beasts) and not crossed by the lion (Job 28:5-8). The people of Sodom [said]: "Since food comes out of our land, and silver and gold, and precious stones and pearls [all come] from our land, we have no need that other people will come to us to diminish [our valuables]. Let us rise and prevent the wayfarers to enter our cities [banot]!" The Holy One of Blessing said to them: "I gave goodness to you, and you seek to forget the wayfarers from your cities?! I will forget the wayfarers in your midst [beinechem] and I will forget you from the world!" What does it say? "He breaks open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that pass by; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro." (Job 28:4) and "The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God brings into their hand." (Job 12:6) and so it says "As I live—declares the Lord GOD—your sister Sodom and her daughters did not do what you and your daughters did.Only this was the sin of your sister Sodom: arrogance! She and her daughters had plenty of bread"(Ezekiel 16:48-49). Egypt became haughty in front of the Place Blessed be He only due to water, as it says (Ex. 1:22, JPS Tr.), "Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, “Every boy that is born [you shall throw into the Nile, but let every girl live]." In the same way, the Place Blessed e He only destroyed them with water, as it says (Ex. 15:4, JPS Tr.), "Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea." Sisera became haughty in front of the Place only due to legionnaires who did not receive wages (Judges 5:19, JPS Tr.), "Then the kings came, they fought [... and they got no spoil of silver]." And [when Yael entered the tent to kill him, the legionnaires] did not move from their places and they paid him no mind because he himself was merely a common soldier (see Jastrow, סָפַן).