Verse 5

From these, the coastland peoples spread out into their lands, each according to his language, family, and nation.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 10:20 : 20 These are the sons of Ham by their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
  • Jer 2:10 : 10 Go across to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this.
  • Jer 25:22 : 22 All the kings of Tyre and all the kings of Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea.
  • Zeph 2:11 : 11 The Lord will be awesome to them when He destroys all the gods of the earth. People from every shore and nation will bow down to Him, each from their own place.
  • Gen 10:25 : 25 To Eber were born two sons: one was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.
  • Gen 11:1-9 : 1 Now the whole earth had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to each other, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth." 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people were building. 6 The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do. Now nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them." 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
  • Ps 72:10 : 10 The kings of Tarshish and distant shores will bring tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts.
  • Isa 24:15 : 15 Therefore, glorify the Lord in the east, and in the coastlands of the sea glorify the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
  • Isa 40:15 : 15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. He weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.
  • Isa 41:5 : 5 The coastlands have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble. They draw near and come forward.
  • Isa 42:4 : 4 He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice on the earth, and the coastlands wait for his law.
  • Isa 42:10 : 10 Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth— you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you coastlands, and their inhabitants.
  • Isa 49:1 : 1 Listen to me, you distant islands, and pay attention, you faraway nations: The Lord called me from the womb; even before I was born, He mentioned my name.
  • Isa 51:5 : 5 My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone out, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The coastlands will look to Me and wait in hope for My arms.
  • Isa 59:18 : 18 According to their deeds, He will repay: wrath to His adversaries, retribution to His enemies, and repayment to the distant coastlands.
  • Isa 60:9 : 9 Surely the coastlands will wait for me; the ships of Tarshish will come first, bringing your sons from afar, their silver and gold with them, for the name of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you.