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So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all …
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth. (Genesis 11:8-9)
Genesis 11:8 (KJV)
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And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. (Genesis 10:8)
Genesis 10:8 (KJV)
He began to be a mighty one in the earth. (Genesis 10:8)
Genesis 10:8 (KJV)
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. (Genesis 10:9)
Genesis 10:9 (KJV)
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (Genesis 10:10)
Genesis 10:10 (KJV)
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah. (Genesis 10:11)
Genesis 10:11 (KJV)
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. (Genesis 10:12)
Genesis 10:12 (KJV)