"Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from th…" — Genesis 11:9

Genesis 11:9 · KJV

“Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. {Babel: that is, Confusion}”

— Genesis 11:9

Verse 8

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Verse 10

These {are} the generations of Shem: Shem {was} an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

Genesis 11 — Context

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. {Babel: that is, Confusion}

These {are} the generations of Shem: Shem {was} an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Cross References

Genesis 10:5

By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

Genesis 10:10

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. {Babel: Gr. Babylon}

Acts 17:26

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Genesis 10:20

These {are} the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, {and} in their nations.

1 Corinthians 14:23

If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in {those that are} unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

Genesis 10:25

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one {was} Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name {was} Joktan. {Peleg: that is Division}

Jeremiah 50:1-46

The word that the LORD spake against Babylon {and} against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. {by...: Heb. by the hand of Jeremiah}

Genesis 10:31-32

These {are} the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.