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Genesis 11:9-11
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Genesis 11:9-11
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9 Therefore the name of the city was [a]Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the entire earth; and from that place the Lord scattered and dispersed them over the surface of all the earth.
Descendants of Shem
10 These are the records of the generations of Shem [from whom Abraham descended]. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived five hundred years after Arpachshad was born, and he had other sons and daughters.
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- Genesis 11:9 The word “Babel” is similar to the word “confuse” (Heb balal), but not identical.
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