Genesis 11:9
The Scripture
(9) Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
In Genesis 11 the people of Babel construct a great tower that reaches toward the heavens, and God becomes displeased with their ambition. He confuses their languages, causing them to scatter across the earth, which marks the beginning of human dispersion.
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