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Genesis 11:9-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 11:9-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 Therefore its name is called Babylon,[a](A) for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
From Shem to Abram
10 These are the family records(B) of Shem. Shem lived 100 years and fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11 After he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
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- Genesis 11:9 In Hb, the name Babylon sounds like the word “confuse.”
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