Genesis 11:9 — That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused… — NLT | maBible

Read Genesis 11:9 (New Living Translation) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 11.9, Genesis 11v9, Gen. 11:9. That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the wor…

Other reference formats: Genesis 11.9, Genesis 11v9, Gen. 11:9.

9 That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.

Passage themes

The confusion of languages — the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth
The scattering of peoples — did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth

Notes and references

Or Babylon. Babel sounds like a Hebrew term that means “confusion.”

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Des milliers d'années en 50 chapitres La Genèse couvre plus de temps que tout le reste de la Bible réuni : de la création du monde jusqu'à l'installation en Égypte. Aucun autre livre biblique ne parcourt autant d'histoire en si peu de pages.

About this book

Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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