Genesis 11:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 1:51 : 51 With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.
  • Gen 10:25 : 25 And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan.
  • Gen 10:32 : 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, in the order of their generations and their nations: from these came all the nations of the earth after the great flow of waters.
  • Gen 11:4 : 4 And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
  • Gen 11:9 : 9 So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
  • Gen 49:7 : 7 A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.
  • Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.

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    9So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

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    1And all the earth had one language and one tongue.

    2And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.

    3And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.

    4And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

    5And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.

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    10And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

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    6And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.

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    5From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages.

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    23So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.

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    11And he said to me, To make a house for her in the land of Shinar: and they will make a place ready, and put her there in the place which is hers.

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    32These are the families of the sons of Noah, in the order of their generations and their nations: from these came all the nations of the earth after the great flow of waters.

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    8And nations from all sides will go past this town, and every man will say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done such things to this great town?

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    19And I sent them in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries: I was their judge, rewarding them for their way and their acts.