Genesis 11:8

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

Cross-references

Genesis 11:4 shows the human plan to avoid scattering — the very thing God does in verse 8, creating direct cause-effect tension.

Genesis 11:9 explains the name Babel and repeats the scattering — it's the immediate sequel confirming verse 8's outcome.

Genesis 10:25 notes that in Peleg's days the earth was divided, identifying the Babel scattering as that division.

Genesis 10:32 summarizes that nations spread abroad after the flood, aligning with the scattering from Babel.

In Genesis 49:7, Jacob's curse scatters Simeon and Levi, echoing God's scattering of the Babel builders as judgment.

Deuteronomy 32:8 describes God dividing mankind and fixing borders, directly reflecting the scattering at Babel.

Luke 1:51 Allusion

In Luke 1:51, Mary's song says God scatters the proud, recalling the proud Babel builders being scattered.