Genesis 11:9

And therfore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord dyd there confounde the language of all the earth: and from thence dyd the Lorde scatter them abrode vpon the face of all the earth.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

In Context

8And so the Lorde scattered them from that place into the vpper face of all the earth, and they left of to buylde that citie.

10These are the generations of Sem: Sem was an hundreth yere old, and begat Arphaxad two yeres after the flood.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:10The begynnyng of his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, & Arab, and Calueh, in the lande of Sinar.

Genesis 10:25Unto Heber also were borne two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his dayes was the earth deuided, and his brothers name was Iactan.

Isaiah 13:1This is the burthen of Babylon, whiche Esai the sonne of Amos did see.

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 →

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