Gen 11:9 | ESV | STEP | Therefore its name was called Babel , because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth . And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth .

‏ Genesis 11:9

9 Therefore its name was called ^aBabel, because there the Lord confused ^{▼▼ Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused} the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.