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Genesis 11:9

That is why the city is called Babel. That's where the LORD mixed up the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:9, Readable English Bible (READ)

Note: Babel sounds like the Hebrew word for mixed up.

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