Genesis 11:8
So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. 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 imagination of their hearts.
- Gen 10:25 : 25 To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.
- Gen 10:32 : 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
- Gen 11:4 : 4 They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
- Gen 11:9 : 9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
- Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
- Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
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9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
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1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
3 They said one to another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
4 They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
5 Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
6 Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
7 Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
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10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
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6 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.
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5 Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
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23 Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
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11 He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."
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32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
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27 that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
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8 Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?
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19 and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.