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Genesis 11:9
English Standard Version Anglicised

9 Therefore its name was called (A)Babel, because there the Lord confused[a] the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

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  1. Genesis 11:9 Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused
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Genesis 11:9
New International Version

9 That is why it was called Babel[a](A)—because there the Lord confused the language(B) of the whole world.(C) From there the Lord scattered(D) them over the face of the whole earth.

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  1. Genesis 11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.
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