Genesis 11:9

For this cause, was the name thereof called Babel [="Confusion"]; because there, did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth,—and, from thence, did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over the face of all the earth.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

8So Yahweh scattered them from thence over the face of all the earth,—and so they left off building the city.

10These, are the genealogies of Shem, Shem was a hundred years old when he begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood

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Cross References

Genesis 10:10So the beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel, and Erech, and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:25And to Eber, were born two sons,—the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days, was the earth divided, and the name of his brother was Joktan.

Isaiah 13:1The oracle on Babylon,—of which Isaiah, son of Amoz had vision:—

Acts 17:26he made also, of one, every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth,—marking out fitting opportunities, and the bounds of their dwelling place,

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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