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So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the entire earth; and they stopped building the city. 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 11:9 The word “Babel” is similar to the word “confuse” (Heb balal), but not identical.

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