Genesis 11:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.

Cross References

Genesis 10:25

And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan.

Genesis 10:32

These are the families of the sons of Noah, in the order of their generations and their nations: from these came all the nations of the earth after the great flow of waters.

Genesis 10:5

From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages.

Genesis 11:4

And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

Genesis 11:9

So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

Genesis 49:7

A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.

Psalm 92:9

For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight;

Luke 1:51

With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.