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Genesis 11:6-8
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6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language(A) they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us(B) go down(C) and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”(D)

8 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth,(E) and they stopped building the city.

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6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

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6 And the Lord said, “Indeed (A)the people are one and they all have (B)one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they (C)propose to do will be withheld from them. 7 Come, (D)let Us go down and there (E)confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So (F)the Lord scattered them abroad from there (G)over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.

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6 And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have [a](A)the same language. And this is what they have started to do, and now nothing which they plan to do will be [b]impossible for them. 7 Come, [c](B)let Us go down and there (C)confuse their [d]language, so that they will not understand one another’s [e]speech.” 8 So the Lord (D)scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they stopped building the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 11:6 Lit one lip
  2. Genesis 11:6 Lit inaccessible to
  3. Genesis 11:7 I.e., indicating united action, not a request
  4. Genesis 11:7 Lit lip
  5. Genesis 11:7 Lit lip
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