Genesis 11:8

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So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city.

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  • Luke 1:51 : 51 He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
  • 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 10:32 : 32 These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these, the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
  • Gen 11:4 : 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."
  • Gen 11:9 : 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.
  • Gen 49:7 : 7 'Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.'
  • Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance and divided the human race, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.

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    9That 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.

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    1Now the whole earth had one language and a common speech.

    2As people moved eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

    3They said to each other, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone and tar for mortar.

    4Then 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."

    5But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people were building.

    6The 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."

    7Come, let us go down and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.

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    10The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

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    6When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment because each one heard them speaking in their own language.

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    5From these, the coastland peoples spread out into their lands, each according to his language, family, and nation.

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    23So the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

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    11He replied, 'To the land of Shinar to build a house for it. When it is prepared, it will be set there on its own base.'

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    32These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these, the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.

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    27to make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

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    8Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?'

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    19I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the lands. I judged them according to their ways and their deeds.