Genesis 11:9

עַל ־ כֵּן קָרָא שְׁמָהּ בָּבֶל כִּי ־ שָׁם בָּלַל יְהוָה שְׂפַת כָּל ־ הָאָרֶץ וּמִשָּׁם הֱפִיצָם יְהוָה עַל ־ פְּנֵי כָּל ־ הָאָֽרֶץ ׃ פ

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

8וַיָּפֶץ יְהוָה אֹתָם מִשָּׁם עַל ־ פְּנֵי כָל ־ הָאָרֶץ וַֽיַּחְדְּלוּ לִבְנֹת הָעִֽיר ׃

10אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת שֵׁם שֵׁם בֶּן ־ מְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת ־ אַרְפַּכְשָׁד שְׁנָתַיִם אַחַר הַמַּבּֽוּל ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 10:10וַתְּהִי רֵאשִׁית מַמְלַכְתּוֹ בָּבֶל וְאֶרֶךְ וְאַכַּד וְכַלְנֵה בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָֽר ׃

Genesis 10:25וּלְעֵבֶר יֻלַּד שְׁנֵי בָנִים שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פֶּלֶג כִּי בְיָמָיו נִפְלְגָה הָאָרֶץ וְשֵׁם אָחִיו יָקְטָֽן ׃

Isaiah 13:1מַשָּׂא בָּבֶל אֲשֶׁר חָזָה יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶּן ־ אָמֽוֹץ ׃

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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