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Genesis 11:6

And LORD said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. And now nothing will be withheld from them, which they propose to do.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

In Context

5And LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.

7Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand each other's speech.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5And LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 9:19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was spread over.

Judges 10:14Go and cry to the gods which ye have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress.

Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain things (LXX/NT)?

Luke 1:51He did a mighty work by his arm. He scattered the proud in the mentality of their heart.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:6-10

5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is… Read the whole commentary →

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