Genesis 11:8
And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands, and they ceased to build the city.
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Genesis 10:5The islands of the Gentiles were divided by these into their regions, each one according to his tongue, and their families in their nations.
Genesis 10:32These are the families of Noah, according to their peoples and nations. The nations became divided according to these, on the earth after the great flood.
Genesis 11:9And for this reason, its name was called ‘Babel,’ because in that place the language of the whole earth became confused. And from then on, the Lord scattered them across the face of every region.
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the limits of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
Luke 1:51He has accomplished powerful deeds with his arm. He has scattered the arrogant in the intentions of their heart.
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 →