Genesis 11:9

Plain English Version

They all left that city and went to live in lots of different places, all over the world. That’s how God got people to be in different tribes all over the world. And they called that city Babel. That means mixed up. They gave it that name because God mixed up their languages at that time.

Cross References

Genesis 10:10

Nimrod controlled the country called Babylonia, and he was the boss over the cities called Babel, and Erek, and Akad.

Genesis 10:20

They were all the tribes and nations that were from Ham and his family. Each tribe had their own country, and their own language.

Genesis 10:25

Eber had 2 sons. The 1st son was called Peleg, and his young brother was called Joktan. That name Peleg means split up. He got that name because all the people split up into different tribes after he was born.

Acts 17:26

At first he just made one man, then later he made all of us from that man. All of us in every tribe everywhere were born into that man’s family. And God gave each tribe their own country, and he planned where they will live and how long they will live there.