Genesis 11:9

Therefore, its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth and from there Yahweh scattered them abroad over the surface of all the earth.

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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

8So Yahweh scattered them from there across the surface of all the earth and they stopped building the city.

10These were the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and he became the father of Arphaxad two years after the flood.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:10The first centers of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:25Eber had two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.

Isaiah 13:1A declaration about Babylon, that Isaiah son of Amoz received: 1

Acts 17:26From one man he made every nation of people to live on the surface of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons and the boundaries of their living areas,

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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