Genesis 11:8
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And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.

Lord.

Genesis 11:4,9 And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven; and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands. . . .

Genesis 49:7 Cursed be their fury, because it was stubborn: and their wrath, because it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel.

Luke 1:51 He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

upon.

Genesis 10:25,32 And to Heber were born two sons: the name of the one was Phaleg, because in his days was the earth divided: and his brother's name Jectan. . . .

Context
The Tower of Babel
7Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.9And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.…
Cross References
Luke 1:51
He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

Genesis 11:4
And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven; and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.

Psalm 92:9
For behold thy enemies, O Lord, for behold thy enemies shall perish: and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

Lexicon
So the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

scattered them
וַיָּ֨פֶץ (way·yā·p̄eṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6327: To be dispersed or scattered

from there
מִשָּׁ֖ם (miš·šām)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the face
פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

of the whole
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

earth,
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

and they stopped
וַֽיַּחְדְּל֖וּ (way·yaḥ·də·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle

building
לִבְנֹ֥ת (liḇ·nōṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

the city.
הָעִֽיר׃ (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement


Additional Translations
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on 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.

And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.

And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.

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

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

So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.

And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;
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