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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gen 11:9 — 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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Babel
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that is, Confusion. The tower of Babel, Herodotus informs us, was a furlong or 660 feet, in length and breadth; and, according to Strabo, it rose to the same altitude. It was of a pyramidical form, consisting of eight square towers, gradually decreasing in breadth, with a winding ascent on the outside, so very broad as to allow horses and carriages to pass each other, and even to turn. This magnificent structure is so completely destroyed that its very site is doubtful; and when supposed to be discovered, in all cases exhibiting a heap of rubbish. Gen 10:5,10,20,31; Isa 13:1-14:32; Jer 50:1-51:64; 1Cr 14:23 |
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Gen 10:25,32; Act 17:26 |
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Gen 10:5 |
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. |
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Gen 10:10 |
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. |
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Gen 10:20 |
These [are] the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, [and] in their nations. |
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Gen 10:31 |
These [are] the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. |
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Isa 13:1 |
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. |
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Isa 13:2 |
Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. |
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Isa 13:3 |
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, [even] them that rejoice in my highness. |
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Isa 13:4 |
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. |
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Isa 13:5 |
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. |
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Jer 50:1 |
The word that the LORD spake against Babylon [and] against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. |
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Jer 50:2 |
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, [and] conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. |
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Jer 50:3 |
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. |
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Jer 50:4 |
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. |
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Jer 50:5 |
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant [that] shall not be forgotten. |
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1Cr 14:23 |
If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in [those that are] unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? |
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Gen 10:25 |
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one [was] Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name [was] Joktan. |
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Gen 10:32 |
These [are] the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. |
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Act 17:26 |
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 11:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Gen/11/9.html>.
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