Genesis 11:6
The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
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5The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
Genesis 9:19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
Judges 10:14Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress!”
Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
Luke 1:51He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of 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 →