KJV 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.
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Genesis 11:9
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
ASV American Standard Version
Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
therefore hath one called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.
Surrounding context — Genesis 11
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 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.
10 These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
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עַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּ֞ןH3651 · kenrightקָרָ֤אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשְׁמָהּ֙H8034 · shemnameבָּבֶ֔לH894 · ba.velBabylonכִּי־H3588 · kiforשָׁ֛םH8033 · shamthereבָּלַ֥לH1101 · ba.lalto mixיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDשְׂפַ֣תH8193 · sa.phahlipsכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוּמִשָּׁם֙H8033 · shamthereהֱפִיצָ֣םH6327 · putsto scatterיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDעַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָאָֽרֶץ׃ פH776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Genesis 10:5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.Genesis 10:10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.Acts 17:26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;Genesis 10:20These [are] the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, [and] in their nations.1 Corinthians 14:23If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in [those that are] unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?Genesis 10:25And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one [was] Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name [was] Joktan.Jeremiah 50:1-46The word that the LORD spake against Babylon [and] against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.Genesis 10:31-32These [are] the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.Isaiah 13:1-14The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
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