Genesis 11:5-9
New American Standard Bible
5 Now (A)the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the [a]men had built. 6 And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have [b](B)the same language. And this is what they have started to do, and now nothing which they plan to do will be [c]impossible for them. 7 Come, [d](C)let Us go down and there (D)confuse their [e]language, so that they will not understand one another’s [f]speech.” 8 So the Lord (E)scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they stopped building the city. 9 Therefore it was named [g](F)Babel, because there the Lord confused the [h]language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
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- Genesis 11:5 Lit sons of mankind
- Genesis 11:6 Lit one lip
- Genesis 11:6 Lit inaccessible to
- Genesis 11:7 I.e., indicating united action, not a request
- Genesis 11:7 Lit lip
- Genesis 11:7 Lit lip
- Genesis 11:9 Or Babylon; cf. Heb balal, confuse
- Genesis 11:9 Lit lip
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