Genesis 11:8

So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.

Leeser Tanakh

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

7Go to, let us go down, and confound there their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

9Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth; and from there did the Lord scatter them abroad over the face of all the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:5From these were separated the isles of the nations in their lands, every one after his tongue: after their families, in their nations.

Genesis 10:32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations; and from these were the nations separated on the earth after the flood.

Genesis 11:9Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth; and from there did the Lord scatter them abroad over the face of all the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of man: he set the bounds of the tribes according to the number of the sons of Israel.

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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