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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 11, Verse 7

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And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
King James Version
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
American Standard Version
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
New English Translation
Come, let’s go down and confuse their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.”
World English Bible
Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
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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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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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These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
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And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
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And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
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And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
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And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
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And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
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And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
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And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.