NET Bible
"So the LORD scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city."
— Genesis 11:8, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.
And the LORD said,“If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.
Come, let’s go down and confuse their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.”
So the LORD scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.
That is why its name was called Babel– because there the LORD confused the language of the entire world, and from there the LORD scattered them across the face of the entire earth.
The Genealogy of Shem This is the account of Shem.Shem was 100 years old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
And after becoming the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.