Genesis 11:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

So ye Lord scattered them from thence vpon all the earth, & they left off to build the citie.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 1:51 : 51 Hee hath shewed strength with his arme: hee hath scattered the proude in the imagination of their hearts.
  • Gen 10:25 : 25 Vnto Eber also were borne two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg: for in his dayes was the earth diuided: and his brothers name was Ioktan.
  • Gen 10:32 : 32 These are the families of the sonnes of Noah, after their generations among their people: and out of these were the nations diuided in the earth after the flood.
  • Gen 11:4 : 4 Also they said, Goe to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scattered vpon the whole earth.
  • Gen 11:9 : 9 Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because the Lorde did there confounde the language of all the earth: from thence then did the Lord scatter them vpon all the earth.
  • Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their wrath, for it was fierce, and their rage, for it was cruell: I will deuide them in Iaakob, and scatter them in Israel.
  • Deut 32:8 : 8 When the most hie God deuided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sonnes of Adam, he appoynted the borders of the people, according to the nomber of the children of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 9 Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because the Lorde did there confounde the language of all the earth: from thence then did the Lord scatter them vpon all the earth.

  • Gen 11:1-7
    7 verses
    86%

    1 Then the whole earth was of one language and one speache.

    2 And as they went from the East, they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and there they abode.

    3 And they said one to another, Come, let vs make bricke, and burne it in the fire. So they had bricke for stone, and slyme had they in steade of morter.

    4 Also they said, Goe to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scattered vpon the whole earth.

    5 But the Lord came downe, to see the citie and towre, which the sonnes of men builded.

    6 And the Lord said, Beholde, the people is one, and they all haue one language, and this they begin to doe, neither can they now be stopped from whatsoeuer they haue imagined to do.

    7 Come on, let vs goe downe, and there confound their language, that euery one perceiue not anothers speache.

  • Gen 10:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10 And the beginning of his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

    11 Out of that land came Asshur, and builded Niniueh, and the citie Rehoboth, and Calah:

  • 6 Nowe when this was noised, the multitude came together and were astonied, because that euery man heard them speake his owne language.

  • 5 Of these were the yles of the Gentiles deuided in their landes, euery man after his tongue, and after their families in their nations.

  • 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him foorth from the garden of Eden, to till ye earth, whence he was taken.

  • 11 And hee saide vnto mee, To builde it an house in the lande of Shinar, and it shall be established and set there vpon her owne place.

  • 32 These are the families of the sonnes of Noah, after their generations among their people: and out of these were the nations diuided in the earth after the flood.

  • 27 And to destroy their seede among the nations, & to scatter them throughout the countries.

  • 8 And many nations shall passe by this citie, and they shall say euery man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this great citie?

  • 19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries for according to their wayes, and according to their deedes, I iudged them.