So the Lord (A)scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city. Therefore its name was called [a](B)Babel, because there the Lord confused the [b]language of the whole earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.

Descendants of Shem

10 (C)These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and [c]became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 11:9 Or Babylon; cf Heb balal, confuse
  2. Genesis 11:9 Lit lip
  3. Genesis 11:10 Lit begot, and so throughout the ch