Genesis 11:8

KJV

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

— Genesis 11:8, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Genesis Chapter 11 connects to 7 cross-references. Humanity attempts to build the tower of Babel, prompting God to confuse their language and scatter them across the earth. The chapter then provides a genealogy from Shem to Abram, whose wife Sarai is barren, ending with the family's journey …

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Other Translations

ASV

So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.

YLT

And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;

BBE

So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.

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