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Genesis 11:8

WEB

8So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.

KJV

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

BSB

8So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

FBV

8The Lord sent them away from there and scattered them all over the world, and they gave up building the city.

Related Resources

Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 1) - BibleProject
Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject

Extra References

Luke 1:51

51He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.


Deuteronomy 32:8

8When the Most High 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 Israel.


Genesis 10:25

25To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan.


Genesis 10:32

32These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the earth after the flood.


Genesis 11:4

4They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”


Genesis 11:9

9Therefore its name was called Babel, 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.


Genesis 49:7

7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.