Genesis 11:8

English Standard Version 2016

So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

Cross References

Luke 1:51

He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

Genesis 10:32

These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.

Genesis 10:25

To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.

Genesis 11:9

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

Genesis 11:4

Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

Psalm 92:9

For behold, your enemies, O Lord, for behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.

Genesis 10:5

From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.