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Genesis 11:8

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11:8So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building21 the city.

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Footnotes

  1. 21 The infinitive construct לִבְנֹת (livnot, “building”) here serves as the object of the verb “they ceased, stopped,” answering the question of what they stopped doing.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So from there the Lord scattered them throughout the earth, and they stopped building the city.

NLTNew Living Translation

In that way, the Lord scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So Yahweh scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city.

KJV 1900King James Version

So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.