Genesis 11:5
And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 3:8And I have come down to take them out of the hands of the Egyptians, guiding them out of that land into a good land and wide, into a land flowing with milk and honey; into the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
Exodus 19:18And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.
Psalms 11:4The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.
Jeremiah 23:23Am I only a God who is near, says the Lord, and not a God at a distance?
Hebrews 4:13And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:2-5
The Confusion of Tongues. ( b. c. 2247.) 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered… Read the whole commentary →