Genesis 11:9
1599 Geneva Bible
9 Therefore the name of it was called [a]Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: from thence then did the Lord scatter them upon all the earth.
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- Genesis 11:9 Or, confusion.
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.
Footnotes
- Genesis 11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.
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