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Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all… — Genesis 11:9

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Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

In the original Hebrew

עַל־כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל כִּי־שָׁ֛ם בָּלַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה שְׂפַ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ

Genesis 11:9
1405 BC
★ 2.9
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Citation
The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Genesis 11:9).

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