Genesis 11:8

So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth; and they ceased building the city.

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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 there and confuse their language, so that they do not understand each other’s speech.”

9That is why they named it Babel, for there the Lord confused the language of all the inhabitants of earth and scattered them over the whole world.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:5From the descendants of these were the peoples of the coasts and islands divided in their lands, each with its own language, after their families, in their nations.

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

Genesis 11:9That is why they named it Babel, for there the Lord confused the language of all the inhabitants of earth and scattered them over the whole world.

Luke 1:51“Mighty are the deeds of his arm! He has scattered the self-satisfied proud,

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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