Genesis 11:5
Adonai came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
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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 3:8I have come down to deliver them + 3:8. (7-8) Quoted in Acts 7:34 out of the hand of the Egyptians [people from Abode of slavery], and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite [Descendant of Humbled], the Hittite [Descendant of Trembling fear], the Amorite [Descendants of Talkers], the Perizzite [Descendant of Belonging to village], the Hivite [Wicked], and the Jebusite [Descendants of Thresher].
Exodus 19:18All of Mount Sinai [Thorn] smoked, because Adonai descended on it in fire; + 19:18. Quoted in Heb 12:18 and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
Psalms 11:4Adonai is in his holy temple. 2 Adonai is on his throne in heaven. 1 His eyes observe. 2 His eyes examine the children of men. 1
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 →