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Genesis 11:6-11; Genesis 11:7
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Genesis 11:6-11
6
God took one look and said, "One people, one language; why, this is only a first step. No telling what they'll come up with next - they'll stop at nothing!
7
Come, we'll go down and garble their speech so they won't understand each other."
8
Then God scattered them from there all over the world. And they had to quit building the city.
9
That's how it came to be called Babel, because there God turned their language into "babble." From there God scattered them all over the world.
10
This is the story of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he had Arphaxad. It was two years after the flood.
11
After he had Arphaxad, he lived 600 more years and had other sons and daughters.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
Genesis 11:7
7
Come, we'll go down and garble their speech so they won't understand each other."
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.