Gen 11:9 | HCSB | STEP | Therefore its name is called Babylon , for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth , and from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth .

Genesis 11:9

9 Therefore its name is called Babylon, ^{▼▼In Hb, the name Babylon sounds like the word “confuse.”
,} ^b for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.