New American Standard Bible 2020
Genesis 11:5-7
5Now 1the LordH3068 cameH3381 downH3381 to seeH7200 the cityH5892 and the towerH4026 whichH834 the 2menH120 had builtH1129.
6And the LordH3068 saidH559, “BeholdH2005, they are oneH259 peopleH5971, and they allH3605 have 34the sameH259 languageH8193. And thisH2088 is what they have startedH2490 to doH6213, and nowH6258 nothingH3808H3605 whichH834 they planH2161 to doH6213 will beH1219 5impossibleH1219 for them.
7ComeH3051, 67let Us goH3381 downH3381 and thereH8033 8confuseH1101 their 9languageH8193, soH834 thatH834 they will not understandH8085 oneH376 another’sH7453 10speechH8193.”
Notes
- 1. Genesis 11:5 Gen 18:21; Ex 3:8; 19:11, 18, 20 ↩
- 2. Genesis 11:5 Lit sons of mankind ↩
- 3. Genesis 11:6 Lit one lip ↩
- 4. Genesis 11:6 Gen 11:1 ↩
- 5. Genesis 11:6 Lit inaccessible to ↩
- 6. Genesis 11:7 I.e., indicating united action, not a request ↩
- 7. Genesis 11:7 Gen 1:26 ↩
- 8. Genesis 11:7 Gen 42:23; Ex 4:11; Deut 28:49; Is 33:19; Jer 5:15 ↩
- 9. Genesis 11:7 Lit lip ↩
- 10. Genesis 11:7 Lit lip ↩
Commentaries on Genesis 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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