Genesis 11:8
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8 So (A)the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
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Luke 1:51
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51 (A)He has shown strength with his arm;
(B)he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
Deuteronomy 32:8
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8 When the Most High (A)gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he (B)divided mankind,
he fixed the borders[a] of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God.[b]
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Or territories
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Compare Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text sons of Israel
Genesis 10:32
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32 These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, (A)and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.
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Genesis 10:25
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25 (A)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.
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- Genesis 10:25 Peleg means division
Genesis 11:9
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9 Therefore its name was called (A)Babel, because there the Lord confused[a] the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.
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- Genesis 11:9 Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused
Genesis 11:4
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4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower (A)with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”
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Genesis 49:7
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7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will (A)divide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.
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