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Genesis 11:8

Judgment

6 And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.

7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

9 That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

10 This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.

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BSB
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
KJV
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
WEB
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
ASV
So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.
DARBY
And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.
BLB
And YHWH scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased to build the city.
ÅB
Så spredte Herren dem derfra over hele jorden, og de holdt opp med å bygge på byen.
OTB
Så spredte Herren dem derfra over hele jordens overflate, og de sluttet å bygge byen.
B1930
Så spredte Herren dem derfra over hele jorden, og de holdt op med å bygge på byen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 1:51

    He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

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  • Genesis 10:32

    All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.

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  • Genesis 10:25

    Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:8

    When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

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  • Genesis 11:4

    “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

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  • Genesis 11:9

    That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

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  • Genesis 49:7

    Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

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