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Genesis 11:9

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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.
9 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.
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