Genesis 11:9

New Century Version

The place is called Babel since that is where the Lord confused the language of the whole world. So the Lord caused them to spread out from there over the whole world.

Cross References

Genesis 10:10

At first Nimrod’s kingdom covered Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Babylonia.

Genesis 10:20

All these people were the sons of Ham, and all these families had their own languages, their own lands, and their own nations.

Genesis 10:25

Eber was the father of two sons—one named Peleg, because the earth was divided during his life, and the other was named Joktan.

Genesis 10:5

Those who lived in the lands around the Mediterranean Sea came from these sons of Japheth. All the families grew and became different nations, each nation with its own land and its own language.

Psalm 55:9

Lord, destroy and confuse their words, because I see violence and fighting in the city.

Acts 17:26

God began by making one person, and from him came all the different people who live everywhere in the world. God decided exactly when and where they must live.

1 Corinthians 14:23

Suppose the whole church meets together and everyone speaks in different languages. If some people come in who do not understand or do not believe, they will say you are crazy.