Genesis 11:9 — That is why the city was called Babel (meaning “confusion”), because it was the… — TLB | maBible

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9 That is why the city was called Babel (meaning “confusion”), because it was there that Jehovah confused them by giving them many languages, thus widely scattering them across the face of the earth.

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

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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.

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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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