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  • Genesis 11:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 9 That is why it was named Baʹbel,*+ because there Jehovah confused the language of all the earth, and Jehovah scattered them from there over the entire face of the earth.

  • Genesis 11:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 9 That is why its name was called Baʹbel,*+ because there Jehovah had confused the language of all the earth,* and Jehovah had scattered+ them from there over all the surface of the earth.

  • Genesis 11:9
    The Bible in Living English
    • 9* For this reason it is named Babylon, because there Jehovah mixed up the speech of all the earth, and from there Jehovah scattered them all over the earth.

  • Genesis 11:9
    American Standard Version
    • 9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

  • Genesis 11:9
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 9 For this cause was the name thereof called Babel [“Confusion”]; because there did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth,—and from thence did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over the face of all the earth.

  • Genesis 11:9
    King James Version
    • 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

  • Genesis
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 11:9 it-1 234-235, 312, 610-611; it-2 201-203, 464, 472-473; g89 1/22 21-22

  • Genesis
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 11:9 g84 1/8 7; g84 8/8 22-23; g82 11/22 23; dt 23-25; w79 8/15 19; gh 91; ts 27-29; w73 525; g71 2/22 8-9; w69 686; is 48; w66 217; im 51; w64 314, 345; g64 4/22 16; bf 468; ns 70; pa 47; ow 9; w43 143; tf 164

  • Genesis
    Research Guide
    • 11:9

      Babel

      it-1 “Babel”

      Bible

      it-1 “Bible” par. 21

      Deluge

      it-1 “Deluge” pars. 11-12

      Language

      it-2 “Language”

      Name

      it-2 “Name” par. 4

      Nations

      it-2 “Nations” pars. 2-4

      Part 2—2369-1943 B.C.E.—A Hunter, a Tower, and You!

      g89 1/22 pp. 20-23

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