Genesis 11
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Genesis 11:7-9

7ComeH3051, 1let Us goH3381 downH3381 and thereH8033 2confuseH1101 their 3languageH8193, soH834 that they will not understandH8085 oneH376 another’sH7453 4speechH8193.” 8So the LordH3068 5scatteredH6327 them abroad from thereH8033 overH5921 the faceH6440 of the wholeH3605 earthH776; and they stoppedH2308 buildingH1129 the cityH5892. 9ThereforeH5921H3651 its nameH8034 was calledH7121 67BabelH894, becauseH3588 thereH8033 the LordH3068 confusedH1101 the 8languageH8193 of the wholeH3605 earthH776; and from thereH8033 the LordH3068 scatteredH6327 them abroad overH5921 the faceH6440 of the wholeH3605 earthH776.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 11:7 Gen 1:26 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 11:7 Gen 42:23; Ex 4:11; Deut 28:49; Is 33:19; Jer 5:15 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 11:7 Lit lip ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 11:7 Lit lip ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 11:8 Gen 11:4; Ps 92:9; Luke 1:51 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 11:9 Or Babylon; cf Heb balal, confuse ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 11:9 Gen 10:10 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 11:9 Lit lip ↩

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