Genesis 11:6

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה הֵן עַם אֶחָד וְשָׂפָה אַחַת לְכֻלָּם וְזֶה הַחִלָּם לַעֲשׂוֹת וְעַתָּה לֹֽא ־ יִבָּצֵר מֵהֶם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יָזְמוּ לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

5וַיֵּרֶד יְהוָה לִרְאֹת אֶת ־ הָעִיר וְאֶת ־ הַמִּגְדָּל אֲשֶׁר בָּנוּ בְּנֵי הָאָדָֽם ׃

7הָבָה נֵֽרְדָה וְנָבְלָה שָׁם שְׂפָתָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ אִישׁ שְׂפַת רֵעֵֽהוּ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5וַיַּרְא יְהוָה כִּי רַבָּה רָעַת הָאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ וְכָל ־ יֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבֹת לִבּוֹ רַק רַע כָּל ־ הַיּֽוֹם ׃

Genesis 9:19שְׁלֹשָׁה אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי ־ נֹחַ וּמֵאֵלֶּה נָֽפְצָה כָל ־ הָאָֽרֶץ ׃

Judges 10:14לְכוּ וְזַֽעֲקוּ אֶל ־ הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר בְּחַרְתֶּם בָּם הֵמָּה יוֹשִׁיעוּ לָכֶם בְּעֵת צָרַתְכֶֽם ׃

Psalms 2:1לָמָּה רָגְשׁוּ גוֹיִם וּלְאֻמִּים יֶהְגּוּ ־ רִֽיק ׃

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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