Genesis 11:9
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.
Context
This verse from Genesis Chapter 11 connects to 10 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
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.
therefore hath <FI>one<Fi> called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.
So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
Cross References
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, …
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth …
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the …
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every …
The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.