Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

עַל־כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל כִּי־שָׁ֛ם בָּלַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה שְׂפַ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ

Genesis 11:9

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Linguistic diversity Language

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Genesis The Bible

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

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1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Genesis 11:9).

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Then one day there really was a wolf but when the boy shouted, they didn't believe him.

Aesop

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

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False alarms Alarmism

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Aesop
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf Aesop's Fables
Medium
Fable and fairytale
Genre
Children's literature
Language
Greek
Time
6th century BC
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Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Aesop. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Aesop's Fables. c. 600.

Current Citation

Aesop. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Aesop's Fables. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

Genesis 3:13-14

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Adam and Eve Original sin Temptation Snakes The devil
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Genesis The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 3:13-14).