Font Size
Genesis 11:8-9
English Standard Version
Genesis 11:8-9
English Standard Version
8 So (A)the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called (B)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.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Genesis 11:9 Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused
Deuteronomy 32:8-9
English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 32:8-9
English Standard Version
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]
9 But the Lord's portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Or territories
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Compare Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text sons of Israel
English Standard Version (ESV) 
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
Bible Gateway Recommends
Retail: $44.99
Our Price: $19.29
Save: $25.70 (57%)
Retail: $19.99
Our Price: $9.72
Save: $10.27 (51%)
