Catholic Public Domain Version
"And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands, and they ceased to build the city. "
— Genesis 11:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.”
“So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city. ”
“So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.”
“So the LORD scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.”
“And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.”
“So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.”
“So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.”
Then the Lord descended to see the city and the tower, which the sons of Adam were building.
And he said: “Behold, the people are united, and all have one tongue. And since they have begun to do this, they will not desist from their plans, until they have completed their work.
Therefore, come, let us descend, and in that place confound their tongue, so that they may not listen, each one to the voice of his neighbor.”
And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands, and they ceased to build the city.
And for this reason, its name was called ‘Babel,’ because in that place the language of the whole earth became confused. And from then on, the Lord scattered them across the face of every region.
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old when he conceived Arphaxad, two years after the great flood.
And after he conceived Arphaxad, Shem lived for five hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.