Genesis 11:8

So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

In Context

7Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.

9So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

Read all of Genesis 11

Cross References

Genesis 10:5From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages.

Genesis 10:32These are the families of the sons of Noah, in the order of their generations and their nations: from these came all the nations of the earth after the great flow of waters.

Genesis 11:9So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.

Luke 1:51With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:6-10

5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 11:8