Genesis 11:9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Therefore it was 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.

Cross References

Genesis 10:10

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:20

These are the descendants of Ham, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

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 10:5

From these the coastland peoples spread. These are the descendants of Japheth in their lands, with their own language, by their families, in their nations.

Psalm 55:9

Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech; for I see violence and strife in the city.

Acts 17:26

From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live,

1 Corinthians 14:23

If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind?