8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
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So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
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.
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That is why it was called Babel —because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.