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Genesis 11:9
New International Version - UK

9 That is why it was called Babel[a] – because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

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  1. Genesis 11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.
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