Genesis 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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Therefore is the name of it called Babel,.... The name of the city mentioned, and the tower also, which signifies…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 11:1-9
- The Confusion of Tongues 1. נסע nāsa‛ “pluck out, break up, journey.” מקדם mı̂qedem “eastward, or on the east side”…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Therefore is the name of it called Babel - בבל babel, from בל bal, to mingle, confound, destroy; hence Babel, from the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 11:5-9
We have here the quashing of the project of the Babel-builders, and the turning of the counsel of those froward men…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Therefore was the name of it called Babel Babel is the regular Hebrew form of the name Babylon, see Gen 10:10. The…
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