Verse 9
Genesis 11:9
American Standard Version
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Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַל כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָ/הּ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל כִּי שָׁ֛ם בָּלַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה שְׂפַ֣ת כָּל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וּ/מִ/שָּׁם֙ הֱפִיצָ֣/ם יְהוָ֔ה עַל פְּנֵ֖י כָּל הָ/אָֽרֶץ
English Translation
Therefore, it was called Babel because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth, and from there the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 11 Context
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And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
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And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they...
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And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick...
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And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven, and let...
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And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
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And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they...
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Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another`s...
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So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off build...
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Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all th...
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These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years afte...
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and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
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And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah.
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and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughter...
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And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
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and Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
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And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
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and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
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And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
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and Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
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And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
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and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
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And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
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and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
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And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
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and Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
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And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begat Lot.
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And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
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And Abram and Nahor took them wives: The name of Abram`s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor`s wif...
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And Sarai was barren; She had no child.
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And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son`s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law...
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And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
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