Genesis 11:6
And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.
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5And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
Genesis 9:19These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.
Judges 10:14Go, send up your cry for help to the gods of your selection; let them be your saviours in the time of your trouble.
Psalms 2:1Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?
Luke 1:51With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.
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 →