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Genesis 11:9
American Standard Version
Genesis 11:9
American Standard Version
9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there [a]confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
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- Genesis 11:9 Hebrew balal, to confound.
Genesis 11:9
New International Version
Genesis 11:9
New International Version
9 That is why it was called Babel[a](A)—because there the Lord confused the language(B) of the whole world.(C) From there the Lord scattered(D) them over the face of the whole earth.
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- Genesis 11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.
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