Genesis 11:9 Cross References

Genesis 11:9

9: That is why the city was called Babel, because it was there that the LORD confused the people by giving them many languages, thus scattering them across the earth.

Genesis 10:10

  1. He built the foundation for his empire in the land of Babylonia, with the cities of Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.

Acts 17:26

  1. From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand which should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.

Genesis 10:5

  1. Their descendants became the seafaring peoples in various lands, each tribe with its own language.

Genesis 10:20

  1. These were the descendants of Ham, identified according to their tribes, languages, territories, and nations.

1 Corinthians 14:23

  1. Even so, if unbelievers or people who don't understand these things come into your meeting and hear everyone talking in an unknown language, they will think you are crazy.

Isaiah 13:1

  1. Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:
  2. "See the flags waving as the enemy attacks. Cheer them on, O Israel! Wave to them as they march against Babylon to destroy the palaces of the high and mighty.
  3. I, the LORD, have assigned this task to these armies, and they will rejoice when I am exalted. I have called them to satisfy my anger."
  4. Hear the noise on the mountains! Listen, as the armies march! It is the noise and the shout of many nations. The LORD Almighty has brought them here to form an army.
  5. They came from countries far away. They are the LORD's weapons; they carry his anger with them and will destroy the whole land.

Genesis 10:25

  1. Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg--"division"--for during his lifetime the people of the world were divided into different language groups and dispersed. His brother's name was Joktan.

Genesis 10:31

  1. These were the descendants of Shem, identified according to their tribes, languages, territories, and nations.
  2. These are the families that came from Noah's sons, listed nation by nation according to their lines of descent. The earth was populated with the people of these nations after the Flood.

Jeremiah 50:1

  1. The LORD gave Jeremiah the prophet this message concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians.
  2. This is what the LORD says: "Tell the whole world, and keep nothing back! Raise a signal flag so everyone will know that Babylon will fall! Her images and idols will be shattered. Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly disgraced.
  3. For a nation will attack her from the north and bring such destruction that no one will live in her again. Everything will be gone; both people and animals will flee.
  4. "Then the people of Israel and Judah will join together," says the LORD, "weeping and seeking the LORD their God.
  5. They will ask the way to Jerusalem and will start back home again. They will bind themselves to the LORD with an eternal covenant that will never again be broken.
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