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Genesis 11:9-11
New American Standard Bible 1995
Genesis 11:9-11
New American Standard Bible 1995
9 Therefore its name was called [a](A)Babel, because there the Lord confused the [b]language of the whole earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.
Descendants of Shem
10 (B)These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and [c]became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood; 11 and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he had other sons and daughters.
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- Genesis 11:9 Or Babylon; cf Heb balal, confuse
- Genesis 11:9 Lit lip
- Genesis 11:10 Lit begot, and so throughout the ch
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