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Genesis 11:9-11
Evangelical Heritage Version
Genesis 11:9-11
Evangelical Heritage Version
9 It was named Babel,[a] because there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
The Ancestors of Abraham
10 This is the account about the development of the family of Shem.
Shem was 100 years old and became the father of Arphaxad two years after the flood. 11 Shem lived 500 years after he became the father of Arphaxad, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
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- Genesis 11:9 Babel sounds like the Hebrew word for confusion.
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