Genesis 11
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Genesis 11:8-9

8So the Lord 1scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they stopped building the city. 9Therefore it was named 23Babel, because there the Lord confused the 4language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 11:8 Gen 11:4; Ps 92:9; Luke 1:51 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 11:9 Or Babylon; cf. Heb balal, confuse ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 11:9 Gen 10:10 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 11:9 Lit lip ↩

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