Genesis 11:8

So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building ¹  the city.

biblegateway Gen 11:8

So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

biblegateway Gen 11:8

So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.

biblegateway Gen 11:8

In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the earth; and that ended the building of the city.

biblegateway Gen 11:8

Then GOD scattered them from there all over the world. And they had to quit building the city.

SABDAweb Gen 11:8

So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.

bibleoremus Gen 11:8

So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

biblegateway Gen 11:8

So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.

biblegateway Gen 11:8

So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building ¹  the city.

¹ tn The infinitive construct לִבְנֹת (livnot, “building”) here serves as the object of the verb “they ceased, stopped,” answering the question of what they stopped doing.