Genesis 11:9
New King James Version
9 Therefore its name is called [a]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.
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- Genesis 11:9 Lit. Confusion, Babylon
Genesis 11:9
English Standard Version
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 11:9
King James Version
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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