Genesis 11:8
So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
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 …
Other Translations
So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.
And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;
So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.
Cross References
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth …
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the …
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; …
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: …
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in …
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the …
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.