Genesis 11
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Genesis 11:4-9

4And they saidH559, “ComeH3051, let’s buildH1129 ourselves a cityH5892, and a towerH4026 whose topH7218 1will reach into heavenH8064, and let’s makeH6213 2a nameH8034 for ourselves; otherwiseH6435 we 3will be scatteredH6327 abroad overH5921 the faceH6440 of allH3605 the earthH776.” 5Now 4the LordH3068 cameH3381 downH3381 to seeH7200 the cityH5892 and the towerH4026 whichH834 the 5menH120 had builtH1129. 6And the LordH3068 saidH559, “BeholdH2005, they are oneH259 peopleH5971, and they allH3605 have 67the sameH259 languageH8193. And thisH2088 is what they have startedH2490 to doH6213, and nowH6258 nothingH3808H3605 whichH834 they planH2161 to doH6213 will beH1219 8impossibleH1219 for them. 7ComeH3051, 910let Us goH3381 downH3381 and thereH8033 11confuseH1101 their 12languageH8193, soH834 thatH834 they will not understandH8085 oneH376 another’sH7453 13speechH8193.” 8So the LordH3068 14scatteredH6327 them abroad from thereH8033 overH5921 the faceH6440 of allH3605 the earthH776; and they stoppedH2308 buildingH1129 the cityH5892. 9ThereforeH5921H3651 it was namedH7121H8034 1516BabelH894, becauseH3588 thereH8033 the LordH3068 confusedH1101 the 17languageH8193 of allH3605 the earthH776; and from thereH8033 the LordH3068 scatteredH6327 them abroad overH5921 the faceH6440 of allH3605 the earthH776.

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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 11:5 Lit sons of mankind ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 11:6 Lit one lip ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 11:6 Gen 11:1 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 11:6 Lit inaccessible to ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 11:7 I.e., indicating united action, not a request ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 11:7 Gen 1:26 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 11:7 Gen 42:23; Ex 4:11; Deut 28:49; Is 33:19; Jer 5:15 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 11:7 Lit lip ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 11:7 Lit lip ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 11:8 Gen 11:4; Ps 92:9; Luke 1:51 ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 11:9 Or Babylon; cf. Heb balal, confuse ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 11:9 Gen 10:10 ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 11:9 Lit lip ↩

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