To `Ever were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Yoktan.
Genesis 11:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the Lord scattered them abroad from that place upon the face of the whole earth, and they gave up building the city. American Standard Version (1901) So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city. Common English Bible Then the LORD dispersed them from there over all of the earth, and they stopped building the city. Catholic Public Domain Version And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands, and they ceased to build the city. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city. |
To `Ever were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Yoktan.
These are the families of the sons of Noach, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
They said, *Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.*
Therefore the name of it was called Bavel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Ya`akov, and scatter them in Yisra'el.
The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
For, behold, your enemies, LORD, for, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evil-doers will be scattered.
He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.
When the Elyon gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Yisra'el.