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So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.(A)

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So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth,(A) and they stopped building the city.

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51 He has shown strength with his arm;
    he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.(A)

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51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;(A)
    he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.(B)

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When the Most High[a] apportioned the nations,
    when he divided humankind,
he fixed the boundaries of the peoples
    according to the number of the gods;[b](A)

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  1. 32.8 Traditional rendering of Heb Elyon
  2. 32.8 Q ms Compare Gk Tg: MT the Israelites

When the Most High(A) gave the nations their inheritance,
    when he divided all mankind,(B)
he set up boundaries(C) for the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a](D)

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God

32 These are the families of Noah’s sons, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.(A)

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32 These are the clans of Noah’s sons,(A) according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth(B) after the flood.

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25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg,[a] for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.(A)

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  1. 10.25 That is, division

25 Two sons were born to Eber:

One was named Peleg,[a] because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

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  1. Genesis 10:25 Peleg means division.

Therefore it was called Babel,[a] because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth, and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.(A)

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  1. 11.9 In Heb Babel is a play on the verb meaning to confuse

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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  1. Genesis 11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.

Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”(A)

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Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens,(A) so that we may make a name(B) for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered(C) over the face of the whole earth.”(D)

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Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
    and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will divide them in Jacob
    and scatter them in Israel.(A)

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Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
    and their fury,(A) so cruel!(B)
I will scatter them in Jacob
    and disperse them in Israel.(C)

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