Genesis 11:9

The Passion Translation

That is why the city was called Babel—because it was there that Yahweh confused the language of the whole world and from there the people were scattered over the face of the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 10:10

The centers of his kingdom , Babel, Erech, and Akkad, were in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:20

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

Genesis 10:5

All of Japheth’s descendants lived in their respective tribes and regions, each group speaking its own language. From there, the people spread to distant shores and faraway lands.

Acts 17:26

From one man, Adam, he made every man and woman and every race of humanity, and he spread us over all the earth. He sets the boundaries of people and nations, determining their appointed times in history.

1 Corinthians 14:23

If the entire church comes together and everyone is speaking in tongues, won’t the visitors say that you have lost your minds?

Genesis 10:25

Eber was the father of two sons: Peleg, (or “Division,” for during his lifetime the earth was divided), and his brother Joktan, the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Psalm 55:9

God, confuse them until they quarrel with themselves. Destroy them with their own violent strife and slander. They have divided the city with their discord.