Genesis 11:6

And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.

7Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbor.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5And the Lord God having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually,

Genesis 9:19These three are the sons of Noah, of these were men scattered over all the earth.

Judges 10:14Go, and cry to the gods whom ye have chosen to yourselves, and let them save you in the time of your affliction.

Psalms 2:1Wherefore did the heathen rage, 1 And the nations imagine vain things? 1

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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