Genesis 11
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Genesis 11:4-6

4They saidH559, “ComeH3051, let us buildH1129 for ourselves a cityH5892, and a towerH4026 whose topH7218 1will reach into heavenH8064, and let us makeH6213 for ourselves 2a nameH8034, otherwiseH6435 we 3will be scatteredH6327 abroad overH5921 the faceH6440 of the wholeH3605 earthH776.”

54The LordH3068 cameH3381 downH3381 to seeH7200 the cityH5892 and the towerH4026 whichH834 the sonsH1121 of menH120 had builtH1129.

6The LordH3068 saidH559, “BeholdH2005, they are oneH259 peopleH5971, and they allH3605 have 56the sameH259 languageH8193. And thisH2088 is what they beganH2490 to doH6213, and nowH6258 nothingH3808H3605 whichH834 they purposeH2161 to doH6213 will be 7impossibleH1219 for them.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 11:4 Deut 1:28; 9:1; Ps 107:26 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 11:4 Gen 6:4; 2 Sam 8:13 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 11:4 Deut 4:27 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 11:5 Gen 18:21; Ex 3:8; 19:11, 18, 20 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 11:6 Lit one lip ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 11:6 Gen 11:1 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 11:6 Lit withheld from ↩

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